--- source_url: "https://docs.sim.ai/tools/parallel_ai" title: "Parallel AI | Sim Docs" mirrored_at: 2026-08-18T13:02:07.832Z host: docs.sim.ai cited_in_42a: true mirror_canonical: "https://index.42a.ai/docs.sim.ai/tools/parallel_ai" --- > **Original source:** https://docs.sim.ai/tools/parallel_ai [Parallel AI](https://parallel.ai/) is an advanced web search and content extraction platform designed to deliver comprehensive, high-quality results for any query. By leveraging intelligent processing and large-scale data extraction, Parallel AI enables users and agents to access, analyze, and synthesize information from across the web with speed and accuracy. With Parallel AI, you can: - **Search the web intelligently**: Retrieve relevant, up-to-date information from a wide range of sources - **Extract and summarize content**: Get concise, meaningful excerpts from web pages and documents - **Customize search objectives**: Tailor queries to specific needs or questions for targeted results - **Process results at scale**: Handle large volumes of search results with advanced processing options - **Integrate with workflows**: Use Parallel AI within Sim to automate research, content gathering, and knowledge extraction - **Control output granularity**: Specify the number of results and the amount of content per result - **Secure API access**: Protect your searches and data with API key authentication In Sim, the Parallel AI integration empowers your agents to perform web searches and extract content programmatically. This enables powerful automation scenarios such as real-time research, competitive analysis, content monitoring, and knowledge base creation. By connecting Sim with Parallel AI, you unlock the ability for agents to gather, process, and utilize web data as part of your automated workflows. Integrate Parallel AI into the workflow. Can search the web, extract information from URLs, and conduct deep research. ### [Parallel AI Search](#parallel-ai-search) Search the web using Parallel AI. Provides comprehensive search results with intelligent processing and content extraction. #### [Input](#input) Parameter Type Required Description `objective` string Yes The search objective or question to answer `search_queries` string No Comma-separated list of search queries to execute `mode` string No Search mode: one-shot, agentic, or fast (default: one-shot) `max_results` number No Maximum number of results to return (default: 10) `max_chars_per_result` number No Maximum characters per result excerpt (minimum: 1000) `include_domains` string No Comma-separated list of domains to restrict search results to `exclude_domains` string No Comma-separated list of domains to exclude from search results `apiKey` string Yes Parallel AI API Key #### [Output](#output) Parameter Type Description `search_id` string Unique identifier for this search request `results` array Search results with excerpts from relevant pages ↳ `url` string The URL of the search result ↳ `title` string The title of the search result ↳ `publish_date` string Publication date of the page (YYYY-MM-DD) ↳ `excerpts` array LLM-optimized excerpts from the page Extract targeted information from specific URLs using Parallel AI. Processes provided URLs to pull relevant content based on your objective. #### [Input](#input-1) Parameter Type Required Description `urls` string Yes Comma-separated list of URLs to extract information from `objective` string No What information to extract from the provided URLs `excerpts` boolean No Include relevant excerpts from the content (default: true) `full_content` boolean No Include full page content as markdown (default: false) `apiKey` string Yes Parallel AI API Key #### [Output](#output-1) Parameter Type Description `extract_id` string Unique identifier for this extraction request `results` array Extracted information from the provided URLs ↳ `url` string The source URL ↳ `title` string The title of the page ↳ `publish_date` string Publication date (YYYY-MM-DD) ↳ `excerpts` array Relevant text excerpts in markdown ↳ `full_content` string Full page content as markdown ### [Parallel AI Deep Research](#parallel-ai-deep-research) Conduct comprehensive deep research across the web using Parallel AI. Synthesizes information from multiple sources with citations. Can take up to 45 minutes to complete. #### [Input](#input-2) Parameter Type Required Description `input` string Yes Research query or question (up to 15,000 characters) `processor` string No Processing tier: pro, ultra, pro-fast, ultra-fast (default: ${DEFAULT\_PROCESSOR}) `include_domains` string No Comma-separated list of domains to restrict research to (source policy) `exclude_domains` string No Comma-separated list of domains to exclude from research (source policy) `apiKey` string Yes Parallel AI API Key #### [Output](#output-2) Parameter Type Description `status` string Task status (completed, failed, running) `run_id` string Unique ID for this research task `message` string Status message `content` object Research results (structured based on output\_schema) `basis` array Citations and sources with reasoning and confidence levels ↳ `field` string Output field dot-notation path ↳ `reasoning` string Explanation for the result ↳ `citations` array Array of sources ↳ `url` string Source URL ↳ `title` string Source title ↳ `excerpts` array Relevant excerpts from the source ↳ `confidence` string Confidence level (high, medium) [PagerDuty](https://docs.sim.ai/integrations/pagerduty)[People Data Labs](https://docs.sim.ai/integrations/peopledatalabs)