Parallel Search MCP Server

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Parallel Search MCP is answering right now. Last checked 14 min ago.

The best web search for your AI Agent

The linked repository no longer exists on GitHub — it was deleted or made private.

Uptime history 47 days of history · worst day 92%

47 days agonow

98.9%

Uptime 24h

90 of 91 checks

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Tools

hidden behind auth

124 ms

Response time

average over 24h

authentication required

Access

streamable-http

Parallel Search MCP does not always answer

Over the last week it answered 98.0% of our checks. We check every 15 minutes, so you hear about the next outage within the hour — not from your users.

Connect this server

Endpoint below is the one we actually reach during checks — not the one copied from a README. Last verified 14 min ago.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add search-mcp --transport http https://search-mcp.parallel.ai/mcp

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "search-mcp": {
      "url": "https://search-mcp.parallel.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.search-mcp]
url = "https://search-mcp.parallel.ai/mcp"

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "search-mcp": {
      "url": "https://search-mcp.parallel.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "search-mcp": {
      "url": "https://search-mcp.parallel.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}

This endpoint answered with an authorization challenge. The server is running, but it did not say what kind of credentials it expects.

Endpoints

URL	Transport	State	Latency	Checked
https://search-mcp.parallel.ai/mcp	streamable-http	needs auth	167 ms	14 min ago

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Parallel Search MCP — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no tool list for Parallel Search MCP?

The server answered our handshake with an authorization challenge, so it is running — but it will not describe its tools to an anonymous client. To see them you need to connect with your own credentials. We record it as alive, not as broken: 98.9% of checks in the last 24 hours got a reply.

Is Parallel Search MCP working right now?

We send a real MCP handshake every 15 minutes. Over the last 24 hours 90 of 91 checks got a reply (98.9%), average response time 124 ms. The bar chart above shows every period we have measured.

Is Parallel Search MCP still maintained?

The linked repository no longer exists on GitHub — it was deleted or made private. We show this because it changes what you can expect: an unmaintained server may keep answering for months and then stop without warning.

How do I connect Parallel Search MCP?

Copy the ready config from this page — we generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each with the file path that client actually reads. It is a remote server, so there is nothing to install — the client connects to the address. You will need your own credentials: it refuses anonymous clients.

Does Parallel Search MCP need an API key?

Yes. Every time we knock, Parallel Search MCP answers with an authorization challenge instead of its tool list — that is how we know it is running and gated rather than broken. Bring your own credentials and it will talk.

How fast is Parallel Search MCP?

It answers our handshake in 124 ms on average, which is faster than 81% of all working MCP servers we measure. That puts it in the quick quarter of the ecosystem. The comparison comes from our own checks across the whole registry, every 15 minutes.