# Use Parallel with OpenAI

Add current web search and research to OpenAI-powered applications with Parallel tool calling.

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## 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.

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