Connect AI Assistants via Parallel AI MCP Integration

What is MCP?

Model Context Protocol (MCP) is an open standard for connecting AI assistants to external tools and data sources. With Parallel AI’s MCP server, your AI assistant can:

Find, import, and enrich leads
Browse and manage your AI agents
Create and monitor outreach sequences
Search your knowledge base documents
Generate AI content, images, audio, and video
Execute browser automation tasks
Access every platform feature via natural language

MCP Server URL

https://api.parallellabs.app/api/v0/mcp

This server implements MCP Streamable HTTP Transport (JSON-RPC 2.0). It is compatible with mcp-remote and other standard MCP clients.

Available Tools

Tool	Description
`platform_list_companies`	List the companies you can access and their IDs
`platform_list_capabilities`	Browse available API endpoints by category
`platform_get_action_details`	Get the full spec for an endpoint including required params
`platform_execute_action`	Execute any API endpoint with automatic authentication

When a category has a skill (step-by-step instructions for a workflow), platform_list_capabilities names it under relatedSkills; assistants read it with the skills_getSkill action. For example, the Leads category links the lead-generation skill — see Leads via API & MCP.

Connecting Claude Desktop

Open your Claude Desktop config file

Locate the configuration file for your operating system:

macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json

Add the MCP server

Paste the following into your config file, replacing your_api_key_here with your actual API key:

claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "parallel-ai": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "mcp-remote", "https://api.parallellabs.app/api/v0/mcp"],
      "env": {
        "API_KEY": "your_api_key_here"
      }
    }
  }
}

Restart Claude Desktop

Fully quit and relaunch Claude Desktop so it picks up the new configuration.

Test the connection

Ask Claude something like:

“List my AI agents”
“Find 50 marketing directors at US SaaS companies with 51–200 employees and add them to a new list”

Claude will automatically use the Parallel AI tools to fulfill your request.

Connecting Cursor / Windsurf

Open the MCP settings

Navigate to Settings → MCP inside Cursor or Windsurf.

Add a new MCP server

Fill in the following details:

URL: https://api.parallellabs.app/api/v0/mcp
Authentication: Bearer token using your Parallel AI API key

Confirm the tools are available

The Parallel AI platform tools will appear in your AI assistant’s tool list. You can now reference them directly in your prompts.

Generic mcp-remote Connection

If you’re using any MCP client that supports mcp-remote, connect with a single command:

npx mcp-remote https://api.parallellabs.app/api/v0/mcp \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"

Authentication for MCP

MCP authentication follows the same pattern as the REST API. Company API Key:

Authorization: Bearer YOUR_COMPANY_API_KEY

Personal Access Key:

Authorization: Bearer pak_your_key
X-Company-ID: your_company_id

You can find your API keys on the Integrations page (Company API Keys) or your Profile page (Personal Access Keys) in the Parallel AI dashboard.

Example MCP Interactions

The tools work together to let your AI assistant discover and execute any platform action: find your company ID, browse a category, read an action’s parameters, then run it.

{
  "tool": "platform_list_capabilities",
  "input": {
    "category": "Leads"
  }
}

{
  "tool": "platform_get_action_details",
  "input": {
    "operationId": "leads_searchPeopleDatabase"
  }
}

{
  "tool": "platform_execute_action",
  "input": {
    "operationId": "leads_searchPeopleDatabase",
    "companyId": "YOUR_COMPANY_ID",
    "body": {
      "filters": {"title": ["Head of Marketing"], "country": ["US"]},
      "pageSize": 25,
      "page": 1
    }
  }
}

Every operation ID and its parameters are listed in the API reference. platform_get_action_details returns the same information for one operation.

Get Started

Platform

Integrations

Connect AI Assistants via Parallel AI MCP Integration

What is MCP?

MCP Server URL

Available Tools

Connecting Claude Desktop

Connecting Cursor / Windsurf

Generic mcp-remote Connection

Authentication for MCP

Example MCP Interactions

​What is MCP?

​MCP Server URL

​Available Tools

​Connecting Claude Desktop

​Connecting Cursor / Windsurf

​Generic mcp-remote Connection

​Authentication for MCP

​Example MCP Interactions

What is MCP?

MCP Server URL

Available Tools

Connecting Claude Desktop

Connecting Cursor / Windsurf

Generic mcp-remote Connection

Authentication for MCP

Example MCP Interactions