From aca797a0ecb9e5e9eb7117fb412b4974bb0aa77e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: georgeatparallel <297992784+georgeatparallel@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2026 18:45:22 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] docs: add Parallel Search MCP setup example --- docs/features/connect-mcps.mdx | 17 ++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/features/connect-mcps.mdx b/docs/features/connect-mcps.mdx index e9958b9255..e83070fc2e 100644 --- a/docs/features/connect-mcps.mdx +++ b/docs/features/connect-mcps.mdx @@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ The real power of connected apps is combining them in a single request. The assi ## Add a Custom MCP Server -You can connect any MCP-compatible server that exposes an SSE endpoint. +You can connect remote MCP servers over Streamable HTTP or SSE. BrowserOS detects the transport from the server URL. 1. Go to **Settings > Connected Apps** 2. Click **Add custom app** @@ -261,6 +261,21 @@ Custom servers appear alongside built-in apps and work the same way. MCP has a growing ecosystem of servers. Browse [MCP servers on GitHub](https://github.com/modelcontextprotocol/servers) to find integrations for databases, APIs, and more. +### Example: Parallel Search + +[Parallel Search MCP](https://docs.parallel.ai/integrations/mcp/search-mcp) provides public web search and page extraction without a Parallel account or API key. Free access is rate limited. + +1. Open **Connect Apps** from the sidebar and click **Add custom app**. +2. Enter **Parallel Search** as the **Server Name**. +3. Enter `https://search.parallel.ai/mcp` as the **MCP Server URL**. +4. Click **Add Server**. No sign-in, API key, or local proxy is needed. + +Try asking: "Use Parallel Search to find the BrowserOS documentation and fetch the page about connecting apps." + +The connection exposes `web_search` and `web_fetch`. Once added, the assistant can call these tools during its work, sending queries, requested URLs, and any supplied objective or context to Parallel. Use public URLs for page extraction; this service does not use your signed-in browser session. + +To stop using it, remove **Parallel Search** from **Connect Apps** and start a new conversation. + ### Connect to OAuth-Protected Remote Servers Some remote MCP servers (like Atlassian Jira, GitHub, etc.) require OAuth authentication. Use [mcp-remote](https://www.npmjs.com/package/mcp-remote) and [supergateway](https://github.com/supercorp-ai/supergateway) to handle the OAuth flow locally: