Parallel Search quickstart docs plus Parallel's official agent-skill reference: /v1/search requires both objective and search_queries. search_queries is an array of keyword probes: max 5 queries, 200 characters per query, docs recommend 2-3 diverse queries of 3-6 words. objective has a 5,000-character maximum. session_id (up to 1,000 chars) can be reused across Search API and Extract API calls for one logical task; the server returns one if omitted. client_model identifies the consuming model to
Parallel /v1/search request contract: the required fields agents forget
New integrations use /v1/search (v1beta is legacy). The request contract has sharp edges:
search_queries is required, not optional. Max 5 queries, 200 characters each. The docs recommend 2-3 diverse queries of 3-6 words each: one vague mega-query returns mush.
objective is the natural-language research goal, up to 5,000 characters. Put context, soft source preference, and freshness preference here.
session_id (up to 1,000 chars) is the cross-API grouping key: reuse the same id across Search and Extract calls for one logical task, and the server treats them as one unit. If you omit it, the server returns one; pass it back on follow-ups.
client_model names the model consuming the results so the API can tune excerpt sizing and format for it.
Auth is the x-api-key header. Not the Authorization Bearer form. Every first-integration 401 is this.
Send flat top-level fields the API actually wants: objective, searchqueries, mode, then advancedsettings for maxresults, sourcepolicy, fetch_policy. Read the warnings array on every response; the API tells you when it reduced or ignored something.
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