generated: '2026-07-20'
method: searched
source: https://parallel.ai/agents.md + PyPI parallel-web-tools + github.com/parallel-web/homebrew-tap
name: parallel-cli
description: >-
  Terminal client for the Parallel web intelligence stack - web search, URL content
  extraction, deep research tasks, and entity/data enrichment directly from the shell
  or an agent's Bash tool.
binary: parallel-cli
min_version: 0.7.1
install:
- method: homebrew
  command: brew install parallel-web/tap/parallel-cli
  source: https://github.com/parallel-web/homebrew-tap
- method: uv
  command: uv tool install parallel-web-tools
- method: pipx
  command: pipx install parallel-web-tools
- method: pip
  command: pip install parallel-web-tools
auth:
  style: device-oauth
  detail: >-
    `parallel-cli auth` runs an OAuth 2.0 device-code flow against
    platform.parallel.ai (--no-browser for headless/code-based login).
    `parallel-cli auth --json` reports auth status; balance is checked/topped up via
    the CLI or platform settings.
command_groups:
- name: search
  purpose: Web search - natural-language queries with turbo/basic/advanced modes, date/domain/geo filters.
- name: extract
  purpose: Pull token-efficient markdown from specific URLs.
- name: research
  purpose: Deep research tasks over multi-hop queries.
- name: enrich
  purpose: Data enrichment for lists of entities.
- name: auth
  purpose: Device-OAuth login and status.
- name: skills
  purpose: Install Parallel Agent Skills into the local agent environment.
notes: >-
  The CLI binary ships inside the parallel-web-tools PyPI package (also a Homebrew
  cask, Casks/parallel-cli.rb). Setup guidance is published at https://parallel.ai/agents.md.
  The unrelated `parallel-cli` npm package (last published 2015) is NOT this tool.