- [Anthropic]
Give Anthropic-powered applications live web research through tool calling, or connect Parallel to Claude Desktop over MCP.
Model Platforms
Integrations[Integrations] / OpenAI
# Use Parallel with OpenAI
Add current web search and research to OpenAI-powered applications with Parallel tool calling.
## What you can do
- - Let OpenAI models call Parallel when a task needs live web information.
- - Return sourced search or research results for the model to synthesize.
## How it works
Define Parallel Search as an OpenAI function tool: the model outputs structured JSON when a task needs live web information, your application executes the Parallel call, and the sourced result goes back for the model to synthesize.
This is the standard function-calling loop, with Parallel providing the web layer and source URLs for citations.
## Set up in three steps
- 1. Define the Parallel operation as a tool available to the OpenAI model.
- 2. Map tool arguments to a Parallel request and configure credentials.
- 3. Execute requested calls and return the result to the model for its final response.
Category
Available as
API / tool calling
Product surface
OpenAI API tool calling
Quick links
Last verified: 4 August 2026
## Related integrations
- [Ollama]
Give local Ollama models access to the live web by exposing Parallel as a callable tool.
Model Platforms
- [Vercel AI SDK]
Add Parallel web search and research to AI SDK apps through the Parallel toolkit, AI Gateway, or Vercel Marketplace integration.
Agent Frameworks