parallel-web-search SKILL.md skillA
parallel-web-search from parallel-web/parallel-agent-skills is an agent skill: a SKILL.md folder an AI agent loads when a task calls for it.
mdr add parallel-web/parallel-agent-skills/parallel-web-search@git:20260925.8fc1fc4Pins git:20260925.8fc1fc4 in mdr.lock. Pin the fingerprint instead.
- Audit grade
- A, 17 of 17 checks passed
- Kind
- SKILL.md skill
- Repository
- parallel-web/parallel-agent-skills
- Path
skills/parallel-web-search/SKILL.md- Versions recorded
- 5
- Latest version
- git:20260925.8fc1fc4, committed Sep 25, 2026
- First version recorded
- May 19, 2026
- Size
- 5,304 bytes
- Repository stars
- 90
- License
- MIT
CLI-backed web search. Use when the user explicitly invokes this skill, needs CLI-only controls or saved JSON output, or no Parallel web_search MCP tool is available. When the bundled Parallel Search MCP is available, prefer its web_search tool for ordinary lookups and current-information queries. Only use parallel-deep-research if the user explicitly requests deep or exhaustive research.
Collected from public GitHub. Every version is saved exactly as it was and never changes. Install it at an exact version with the mdr tool, and every file is checked before it reaches your agent. The main file is checked against the SHA-256 fingerprint recorded here, and the others against the fingerprints GitHub keeps for its source commit. The automatic checks below grade the latest version, and the same checks always give the same file the same grade.
What the file says
# Web Search Search the web for: $ARGUMENTS ## Command Choose a short, descriptive filename based on the query (e.g., `ai-chip-news`, `react-vs-vue`). Use lowercase with hyphens, no spaces. Substitute it into the command **inline** — `$FILENAME` and `<keyword>` below are placeholders, not shell variables; do not copy them verbatim. ```bash parallel-cli search "$ARGUMENTS" -q "<keyword1>" -q "<keyword2>" --json --max-results 10 --excerpt-max-chars-total 27000 -o "/tmp/$FILENAME.json" ``` Concrete example for a query about React 19: ```bash parallel-cli search "latest React 19 features and adoption" -q "React 19" -q "concurrent rendering" --json --max-results 10 --excerpt-max-chars-total 27000 -o "/tmp/react-19-features.json" ``` The first argument is the **objective** — a natural language description of what you're looking for. It replaces multiple keyword searches with a single call for broad or complex queries. Add `-q` flags for specific keyword queries to supplement the objective. The `-o` flag saves the full results to a JSON file for follow-up questions. Options if needed: - `--after-date YYYY-MM-DD` for time-sensitive queries …
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How to install
mdr add parallel-web/parallel-agent-skills/parallel-web-search@sha256:04513eb28394901fThe line at the top of this page pins the label git:20260925.8fc1fc4, which is what most people want. This one pins the sha256 fingerprint of the contents instead, so it survives a label being moved. Either way the exact version is written to mdr.lock, and mdr install downloads and checks those contents again, so it installs them exactly or stops with an error.
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Versions
The registry has recorded 5 versions of this file, between May 19, 2026 and Sep 25, 2026, about one every 32 days.
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| git:20260925.8fc1fc4 latest | 2026-09-25 | 8fc1fc4 | 5,304 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260922.b8f121b | 2026-09-22 | b8f121b | 4,211 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260814.5ab970f | 2026-08-14 | 5ab970f | 4,058 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260710.65037ab | 2026-07-10 | 65037ab | 3,990 B | A | view · diff |
| git:20260519.91443a8 | 2026-05-19 | 91443a8 | 3,789 B | A | view |
Audit of the latest version
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- pass: Frontmatter declares a name
- pass: Frontmatter declares a description
- pass: Size between 200 bytes and 200 KB (5304 bytes)
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- pass: No instruction hidden inside an HTML comment
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- pass: No instruction to send local credentials anywhere
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Source
parallel-web/parallel-agent-skills · 90 stars · license MIT · pushed 2026-10-21 · branch main
API
GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/artifacts/art_c6ov5uafbkmt3vy4 GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/resolve?ref=parallel-web/parallel-agent-skills/parallel-web-search GET https://markdownregistry.com/api/v1/blob/04513eb28394901f51332623bd79e04e5dbbe88e3b04a7672d6810b4f34fab6d
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