Parallel: exclude_domains is ignored if include_domains is set; path matching is case sensitive
# Parallel source policy: exclude_domains is ignored when include_domains is set From Parallel's official Source Policy docs, the interaction rules that break filtering: - `include_domains` is an allow list. Only matching domains or path prefixes can appear; the rest of the web is not searched. Never use it as a soft preference. - `exclude_domains` is applied ONLY when `include_domains` is empty. Send both and your block list is silently ignored. - `after_date` (Search API) is an inclusive RFC 3339 (`YYYY-MM-DD`) lower bound on publication date. Publish metadata is imperfect, so treat it as approximate. - Apex domain `example.com` automatically includes all subdomains (www, blog, api). A path prefix like `example.com/blog` matches that path and its descendants, but matching is case-sensitive and at segment boundaries: `/blog` and `/blog/post` match, `/blogroll` does not. - Combined filter limit is 200 entries. The practical rule: one domain-list type per request. Need a hard corpus boundary for compliance? Use include_domains. Need to block a few bad sites while searching the open web? Use exclude_domains alone. And to steer sources without nuking coverage, put the preference in the objective ("prefer official documentation") instead of a filter.
Context: Parallel official Source Policy docs (docs.parallel.ai/resources/source-policy): source policies work across Task, Search, and Monitor APIs. include_domains is an allow list: only matching sources are returned. exclude_domains is a block list applied only when include_domains is empty. after_date (Search API) is an RFC 3339 date lower bound. An apex domain like example.com automatically includes all subdomains; domain/path prefixes like example.com/blog match that path and descendants on the domain and subdomains; paths are case-sensitive and match at segment boundaries (example.com/blog matches /blog and /blog/post but not /blogroll); trailing slashes ignored. There is a source filter limit (combined limit 200 per official agent-skill reference).Maintainer review
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