Can an AI agent use Parallel (parallel.ai)?

Q: Can an AI agent pay for Parallel?

Pays on its own: paid $0.01 a call (x402), 15 Oct. Paid in USDC on Base. Parallel's own gateway parallelmpp.dev (named in its agentic-payments doc) takes x402 v2 and MPP; we paid four calls for $0.13 (search, extract, responses, task; tx in pay_tx.json), all 200. It sells only those endpoints, not FindAll, Monitor or entity search. In the app, balance is prepaid: 'Add to balance' needs a saved card (Stripe Elements form, SAVE CARD), and the free monthly credits also need a card.

As of 15 Oct 2026, an AI agent gets into Parallel on its own and does 80% of the core work.

Level 5 · AutonomousAll of that, and it pays on its own for the work.

Find: Docs for agents: llms.txt, an OpenAPI and an MCP server; a docs page for each core task.
Access: No key needed, pay per call, sign-up in a browser.
Use: 80% of the work.
Pay: Pays on its own: Paid $0.01 a call (x402), 15 Oct.
Leave: Nothing to cancel: Can't delete its account.

Ways in: No key needed, 2 of 5 core tasks · Pay per call, 4 of 5 core tasks · Sign-up in a browser, 3 of 5 core tasks

Does it all on its own, payment included

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Agents on a serverGet in on their own.
Signed agentsThe sign-up page opens.
Agents in a person's browserNot measured yet.

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What an agent can do in Parallel (parallel.ai).

On its own

Search the web and pull page content for free, with no account needed
Pay small per-use fees (a few cents) to search, extract content, get AI answers, and run research tasks, no account needed
Sign up by email link and get an API key automatically, with no CAPTCHA or human step

1 more

Set up, check, change, and turn off scheduled 'watch the web' monitors on a brand-new free account

What it can't, and why

Run searches, research, data lookups, or AI answers using a newly created accountThe new account needs a saved credit card before it gets any free usage
Have a monitor actually send an alertAlerts only fire on paid usage, which needs a card
Delete the accountThere's no delete button; you must email support instead

1 more

Remove a login key created by the command-line toolThat particular key type cannot be listed or deleted

On its own, in a browser

Yes, in a browser, without a human. Web form only: email, then a sign-up link (magic link); no CAPTCHA, phone or password. No sign-up API. An anonymous Search MCP and a pay-per-call x402/MPP gateway need no account.

Every way in it offers, as our agent tried them

Ways in
Way in	What happened
No key needed	Got in, 1 min
Pay per call	Got in, 1 min
Email link	Got in, 6 min; part of the work done
CLI code login	Got in, 2 min
Sign‑in for apps (OAuth, MCP)	Not tried: the same as another way
Company single sign‑on	Not tried: needs a person's account
Marketplace install	Not tried: no account yet
A key from a person	Not tried: needs a person's account

Official server · 9 of 11 calls worked

Does Parallel (parallel.ai) have an MCP server, and can an agent connect to it?

Yes. Parallel has an official MCP server.

A new agent can get in on its own: in the drive of 15 Oct 2026, our agent signed up, verified and got its key without a person. Through the MCP server, 9 of our agent's 11 attempts worked.

What the drive found

APIOpenAPIMCP · officialCLIllms.txtWebhooks–Sandbox

On its own, over the API

How does an AI agent get a Parallel (parallel.ai) API key?

In the drive of 15 Oct 2026, our agent got its Parallel API key over the API, without a browser or a person. parallel-cli login --no-browser (RFC 8628 device flow, approved in our signed-in browser) gave tokens; the Account API then created an app and a key (POST /account/service/v1/apps, /apps/{id}/keys).

Blocked

Can an AI agent delete its Parallel account?

Not on its own: blocked. No delete in the app, the docs or the APIs; the privacy policy says to email support@parallel.ai (not sent: we never mail people). We removed our app, key and monitors; the account, the organisation, an empty task group and the CLI's keys (its app 'cannot be deleted') stay.

Pays on its own

Can an AI agent pay for Parallel?

Pays on its own: paid $0.01 a call (x402), 15 Oct.

Reached the card form and stopped: prepaid balance.

Checkout: a Stripe card formAn invisible bot check loaded at checkoutWallets: Google PayOffers x402 payment

Paid in USDC on Base. 0x66e60a00…de05ba

Stripe Projects on its own domain
x402 on its own domain · Base
MPP on its own domain · Tempo

What would let agents pay on their own

Sell the plan or credits over the rail, not only side endpoints. Let the paid call buy what the product sells, so the rail covers the whole product.

Parallel's own gateway parallelmpp.dev (named in its agentic-payments doc) takes x402 v2 and MPP; we paid four calls for $0.13 (search, extract, responses, task; tx in pay_tx.json), all 200. It sells only those endpoints, not FindAll, Monitor or entity search. In the app, balance is prepaid: 'Add to balance' needs a saved card (Stripe Elements form, SAVE CARD), and the free monthly credits also need a card.

Ways to pay checked 15 Oct 2026.

For the team behind Parallel.

Where agents stop in Parallel (parallel.ai) today, and the fixes that get them further, highest impact first.

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The fixes, highest impact first

Give new accounts free credit without a cardStep-by-step guide
Accept x402 and MPP on api.parallel.ai
Add account deletion to the app and Account API

2 more fixes

Let users list and revoke every key
Support MCP (the 28 Jul 2026 spec) and server/discover

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Behind the level.

The part scores and the measures behind them.

Part scores and the measures · the docs · level history · paid plans

Part scores

Holds up: 80 of 100, fair

Agent-ready setup

llms.txt: found
OpenAPI: found
MCP server: found
CLI: found

Not measured in this drive: Docs match (part of an Audit).

Security: reported privately to the owner

The measures

Work done80
Reliability100
Crash test59

The docs

195 of 203 pages read. Complete.

A getting-started page
An auth page
Errors listed with their codes
Code examples on most pages
Newest page updated 12 Oct 2026
A page for 10 of 10 core tasks

Read on 15 Oct 2026.

Tried as documented

4 of 19 documented ways to do the core work worked when tried.

Tried as documented
What happened	Ways
Worked when tried	4
Documented, didn't work	0
Not tried (a paid plan, or no way to reach it)	15
Worked, but not in the docs	0

Level history

1 Oct 2026L1Needs a person
1 Oct 2026sign-up variesL4Runs on its own
2 Oct 2026new driveL3Does the work
13 Oct 20262 drives · new driveL2Gets in
15 Oct 2026new driveL5Autonomous

Needs a paid plan

Not counted in the level. Our drive used free plan ($0 prepaid balance; anonymous Search MCP; pay-per-call by us).

Needs a paid plan
Capability	Plan
Deep research (account route)	prepaid credit (card required)
Enrichment	prepaid credit (card required)
Processor choice	prepaid credit (card required)
FindAll	prepaid credit (card required)
Entity search	prepaid credit (card required)
Monitor runs	prepaid credit (card required)
Monitor webhooks	prepaid credit (card required)
Responses (account route)	prepaid credit (card required)

How Parallel handles an agent's mistakes · 8 probes · core run 3×

Malformed requests, a retry, a wrong key and a short burst of reads on our agent's own account, and how Parallel answered.

Clear errors100
Recovery78
Safe retries0

Clearmissing required fields on monitor createCreate an always-on monitor that watches the web for a query on a schedule422 {type:error, error:{message:'Request validation error.', detail:{errors:[{type:missing, loc:[body,type], msg:'Field required'}, … settings]}}} content-type application/json (not problem+json)
Clearmissing required fields on entity searchFast synchronous entity search (people/company lookup)422 errors: missing body.entity_type, missing body.objective
Clearwell-formed monitor id that does not existCreate an always-on monitor that watches the web for a query on a scheduleHTTP/2 404 {"type": "error", "error": {"ref_id": "3c47765d30223df3a1cf5d9e06846807", "message": "Monitor not found.", "detail": null}}
Clearrepeat one monitor create with the same Idempotency-KeyCreate an always-on monitor that watches the web for a query on a scheduleboth 201, monitor ids ['monitor_e2c6753a73df42df80b82d69a8f0a627', 'monitor_ac983c9c76444f33a74a5fd590d942a3']
Clearwrong API keyCreate an always-on monitor that watches the web for a query on a scheduleHTTP/2 401 {"code": 16, "message": "Invalid API key (C.1)"}
Clearburst of 15 quick GET /v1/monitorsCreate an always-on monitor that watches the web for a query on a schedulecodes ['200', '200', '200', '200', '200', '200', '200', '200', '200', '200', '200', '200', '200', '200', '200']; rate-limit headers: none
Clearinterrupt a multi-step batch: group created, run add refused (402)Batch-run many task inputs concurrently as a Task Groupruns 402; GET group afterwards: num_task_runs 0, is_active false, no half-written run
Clearrevoked key of our ownCreate an always-on monitor that watches the web for a query on a schedule401 {code:16, message:'Invalid API key (C.2)'} (~20 s after revoke; immediately after it still answered 200)

For agents and builders.

The drive as data, every checkpoint and all 106 attempts.

How an agent connects · 5 tips

/api/tools/parallel.json /tools/parallel.mdMCP get_tool {"slug":"parallel"}

For search and extract, use the anonymous Search MCP at https://search.parallel.ai/mcp: no key, and it answers 2025-11-25 (initialize, not server/discover). An authenticated key with $0 balance makes the same tools fail with 402.
Headless key: parallel-cli login --no-browser (device code), then the Account API (POST /account/service/v1/apps, /apps/{id}/keys) for scoped keys.
Without a card, pay per call at parallelmpp.dev with x402 (Base USDC) or MPP; GET /api/task/{run_id} polling is free.
Monitor management endpoints (/v1/monitors, update is POST /v1/monitors/{id}/update) work at $0 but runs need credit.
Validation errors are clear 422s that list the missing fields; key revocation takes about 20 s.

Every checkpoint, in detail · 9 checkpoints

DocsHeadlessdocs.parallel.ai with llms.txt, llms-full.txt, a .md page for every page and Accept: text/markdown, OpenAPI 3.1.0 for the API and the Account API, and an agents.md setup skill.
Sign upIn a browserWeb form only: email, then a sign-up link (magic link); no CAPTCHA, phone or password. No sign-up API. An anonymous Search MCP and a pay-per-call x402/MPP gateway need no account.
VerifyIn a browserThe sign-up link arrived within a minute; one 'Continue to sign in' click, then create an organisation (name only), skip invites, optional survey.
KeyHeadlessparallel-cli login --no-browser (RFC 8628 device flow, approved in our signed-in browser) gave tokens; the Account API then created an app and a key (POST /account/service/v1/apps, /apps/{id}/keys).
First callHeadlessGET /v1/monitors answered 200 with our key. Every search, extract, task, FindAll, entity search and responses call answered 402 'Insufficient credit in account' on the $0 balance; free monthly credits need a payment method.
First actionHeadlessPOST /v1/monitors created a monitor (201), read back, updated and cancelled; its scheduled run failed with the same credit error.
PayHeadlessParallel's own gateway parallelmpp.dev (named in its agentic-payments doc) takes x402 v2 and MPP; we paid four calls for $0.13 (search, extract, responses, task; tx in pay_tx.json), all 200. It sells only those endpoints, not FindAll, Monitor or entity search. In the app, balance is prepaid: 'Add to balance' needs a saved card (Stripe Elements form, SAVE CARD), and the free monthly credits also need a card.
CancelNot neededNothing to cancel: our agent used it pay-per-call.
DeleteBlockedNo delete in the app, the docs or the APIs; the privacy policy says to email support@parallel.ai (not sent: we never mail people). We removed our app, key and monitors; the account, the organisation, an empty task group and the CLI's keys (its app 'cannot be deleted') stay.

The attempt log · 106 attempts

Attempt log
Capability	Route	Result	Evidence
MCP version: server/discover on https://search.parallel.ai/mcp	api	done ✓	HTTP 400 JSON-RPC -32600 'Unsupported protocol version: 2026-07-28. Supported versions: 2024-11-05, 2025-03-26, 2025-06-18, 2025-11-25' -> legacy; initialize offering 2026-07-28 answered protocolVersion 2025-11-25, serverInfo 'Parallel Web Search MCP Server' 1.27.0, Mcp-Session-Id issued (mcp_search_init.json)
MCP keyless tools: tools/list on search MCP without credentials	api	done ✓	tools: web_search, web_fetch (mcp_search_tools.json); calls return _meta parallel/usage cost_usd 0.001
MCP task server: server/discover on https://task-mcp.parallel.ai/mcp	api	done ✓	200 JSON-RPC -32601 'Method not found: server/discover'; initialize -> 401 WWW-Authenticate Bearer resource_metadata=https://task-mcp.parallel.ai/.well-known/oauth-protected-resource/mcp; PRM lists authorization_servers https://platform.parallel.ai, scopes key:read
OAuth AS metadata: GET platform.parallel.ai/.well-known/oauth-authorization-server	api	done ✓	registration_endpoint /getKeys/register (DCR), device_authorization_endpoint /getKeys/device/code, grant types authorization_code + device_code, PKCE S256; no client_id_metadata_document_supported (no CIMD)
MCP server card: GET <mcp>/server-card, /.well-known/ai-catalog.json, /.well-known/mcp/server-card.json	api	done ✓	search.parallel.ai/mcp/server-card 404 text/plain; parallel.ai/.well-known/ai-catalog.json 404 HTML; parallel.ai/.well-known/mcp/server-card.json 308 -> search.parallel.ai/.well-known/mcp/server-card.json 200 application/json (schema 2025-12-11 server.schema.json, remote streamable-http https://search.parallel.ai/mcp)
A2A agent card: GET /.well-known/agent-card.json and agent.json	api	done ✓	both 404 text/html
aipref: robots.txt Content-Usage and response header	api	done ✓	parallel.ai/robots.txt: 'User-Agent: * Allow: / Disallow: /legal/*/sign' no Content-Usage/Content-signal lines; no Content-Usage header on pages fetched
markdown docs: Accept: text/markdown on docs page, and .md URL	api	done ✓	docs.parallel.ai/search/search-quickstart with Accept text/markdown -> 200 text/markdown, Vary includes Accept; .md URL -> 200 text/markdown
OpenAPI: GET docs.parallel.ai/public-openapi.json and account openapi	api	done ✓	public-openapi.json openapi 3.1.0, 35 paths; api.parallel.ai/account/service/openapi.json openapi 3.1.0, 6 paths (balance, balance/add, apps, keys)
llms.txt: GET /llms.txt	api	done ✓	parallel.ai/llms.txt and docs.parallel.ai/llms.txt 200 text/plain; also llms-full.txt; agents.md is a SKILL-style setup file for parallel-cli
Find docs: read docs_pass.json and fetch docs	api	done ✓	docs.parallel.ai with llms.txt, markdown pages, OpenAPI 3.1.0; Account API (device OAuth), CLI docs, agentic payments doc
Sign up: platform.parallel.ai/signup: Sign up with email -> Get sign up link for the agent's inbox	browser	done ✓	'A sign up link was sent to the agent's inbox'; no CAPTCHA signals; only email asked (no password, no phone)
Verify email: open magic link from mail 'Log in to Parallel Web Systems'	browser	done ✓	mail arrived within ~1 min; link -> 'Continue to sign in' button -> /onboard; created org '[redacted]s' (orgId fd29a97e-…), skipped invites, survey optional -> /home, balance $0.00
Session: magic-link session in browser	browser	done ✓	/home shows 'the agent's inbox', org [redacted]s Admin
CLI device login: parallel-cli login --no-browser --json (RFC 8628 device flow), approved code at /getServiceKeys/device in our signed-in browser	cli	done ✓	auth_success; parallel-cli auth --json authenticated true method oauth selected_org_name [redacted]s; balance get: $0.00
Scoped API key headless: Account API: POST /account/service/v1/apps then POST /apps/{id}/keys with the device-flow bearer token	api	done ✓	200 app_id ff8457c2-…; 200 api_key_id 312c1a54-…, display_value ao****oVu_, raw_api_key returned once
First API call: POST https://api.parallel.ai/v1/search with the new key	api	failed ✓	HTTP 402 {'message':'Insufficient credit in account, please check your plan and billing details. You can add more funds from the billing page …'}; balance $0.00; dashboard: 'Add a payment method to become eligible for free monthly credits'
First API call (free endpoint): GET /v1/monitors with the key	api	done ✓	200 {monitors:[…]}; free management endpoints answer at $0 balance
Create something: POST /v1/monitors type event_stream frequency 1d	api	done ✓	201 monitor_id monitor_eac4dbb9ad424024b2507a45ff6e4ac7 status active; GET read back 200
Create monitor: Watch the web for news about [redacted]s daily	api	done ✓	POST /v1/monitors 201 monitor_eac4dbb9ad424024b2507a45ff6e4ac7
Create monitor: read back	api	done ✓	GET /v1/monitors/{id} 200 status active frequency 1d; also in GET /v1/monitors list
Create monitor: POST /v1/monitors/{id}/update frequency 1w + metadata	api	done ✓	200; GET read back frequency 1w metadata {drive: agentdrives}
Create monitor: let the monitor run: GET /v1/monitors/{id}/events	api	plan_gated ✓	events: [{event_type: error, error_message: 'Insufficient credit in account, please check your plan and billing details…'}]; runs need prepaid credit; free monthly credits need a payment method (card)
List monitors and stats: GET /v1/monitors and GET /v1/monitors/stats	api	done ✓	list 200 with our monitor; stats 200 {total:1, processor_counts:{active:{lite:{1w:1}}}}
Update monitor: POST /v1/monitors/{id}/update frequency 1d->1w, metadata	api	done ✓	200, read back shows frequency 1w
Trigger monitor run: POST /v1/monitors/{id}/trigger	api	plan_gated	204 accepted, but the monitor's run errors 'Insufficient credit in account' (events)
Extract: POST /v1/extract with our account key	api	plan_gated	HTTP 402 'Insufficient credit in account, please check your plan and billing details. You can add more funds from the billing page…' (balance $0.00; free monthly credits need a payment method)
Deep research: POST /v1/tasks/runs processor lite with our account key	api	plan_gated	HTTP 402 'Insufficient credit in account, please check your plan and billing details. You can add more funds from the billing page…' (balance $0.00; free monthly credits need a payment method)
FindAll: POST /v1beta/findall/runs generator preview with our account key	api	plan_gated	HTTP 402 'Insufficient credit in account, please check your plan and billing details. You can add more funds from the billing page…' (balance $0.00; free monthly credits need a payment method)
Entity search: POST /v1beta/findall/entity-search with our account key	api	plan_gated	HTTP 402 'Insufficient credit in account, please check your plan and billing details. You can add more funds from the billing page…' (balance $0.00; free monthly credits need a payment method)
Responses: POST /v1/responses with our account key	api	plan_gated	HTTP 402 'Insufficient credit in account, please check your plan and billing details. You can add more funds from the billing page…' (balance $0.00; free monthly credits need a payment method)
Search: POST /v1/search with our account key	api	plan_gated	HTTP 402 'Insufficient credit in account, please check your plan and billing details. You can add more funds from the billing page…' (balance $0.00; free monthly credits need a payment method)
Task API: POST /v1/tasks/runs with input/output schema / processor choice	api	plan_gated	same endpoint as HTTP 402 'Insufficient credit in account, please check your plan and billing details. You can add more funds from the billing page…' (balance $0.00; free monthly credits need a payment method)
Task API: POST /v1/tasks/runs with input/output schema / processor choice	api	plan_gated	same endpoint as HTTP 402 'Insufficient credit in account, please check your plan and billing details. You can add more funds from the billing page…' (balance $0.00; free monthly credits need a payment method)
Monitor webhooks: webhook field on monitor	api	plan_gated	monitor runs fail for credit (events error), so no event can fire; also no webhook receiver of ours in the sandbox; webhook object {url, event_types} documented in CreateMonitorRequest
Search the web: web_search via anonymous https://search.parallel.ai/mcp: what is [redacted]s	mcp	done ✓	search_id search_06345922…, ranked results with url/title/excerpts; _meta parallel/usage sku_search cost_usd 0.001 (mcp_keyless_search.json)
Extract: web_fetch https://example.com with objective	mcp	done ✓	extract_id extract_8aa0479f…, title 'Example Domain', excerpt 'This domain is for use in documentation examples…' (mcp_keyless_fetch.json)
Search: our x402 v2 paid POST parallelmpp.dev/api/search	api	done ✓	pay_tx.json payment 20261015T062351Z-mv95lu1lb27v, $0.01 USDC Base, tx 0x66e60a…, 200 search_id with results
Extract: our x402 paid POST parallelmpp.dev/api/extract	api	done ✓	pay_tx.json tx 0x196873…, 200 extract_id, example.com excerpts
Responses: our x402 paid POST parallelmpp.dev/api/responses	api	done ✓	pay_tx.json tx 0x84be7d…, 200 resp_216a5b20… model parallel
Deep research: our x402 paid POST parallelmpp.dev/api/task ($0.10), then free GET /api/task/{run_id}	api	partial ✓	pay_tx.json tx 0x8427ea…; poll 200 run trun_2eef201e… status completed processor pro; output basis with confidence low, no citations: input was a short test string '[redacted]s test', so no cited report
No-account way: anonymous Search MCP	mcp	done ✓	initialize + tools/list + web_search + web_fetch answered without credentials; docs: 'The Search MCP is free to use, no API key required'
Pay per call: x402 v2 on parallelmpp.dev (we, pay_tx.json)	api	done ✓	4 settled payments $0.13 total: search, extract, responses, task, each 200
API sign-up: documented sign-up call		skipped	no sign-up API in the docs or either OpenAPI; device flow needs an existing signed-in account
Stripe Projects: stripe projects add parallel		skipped	listed in the Stripe Projects catalog (pay_probe); our agent has no Stripe Projects account
Sign up with Google: 'Sign up with Google' button on /signup		skipped	button seen; this drive has no SSO kit (drive.json sso: []); Google blocks automated sign-in
SSO/SAML: 'Sign in with SSO'		skipped	needs a company IdP
Google Cloud / AWS Marketplace: subscribe via a cloud marketplace		skipped	documented; our agent has no cloud marketplace account
Person's key: a person's API key		skipped	public drive
CLI device login: parallel-cli login --no-browser on the magic-link account	cli	done ✓	device code approved in our signed-in browser; auth_success
Create monitor: POST /v1/monitors/{id}/cancel and read back	api	done ✓	200 status cancelled; GET by id still answers status cancelled; GET /v1/monitors list now empty
Create monitor: create, read back, cancel a monitor	api	done ✓	HTTP/2 201 monitor_60dbcb86e92244a78607a556ed77dff7; GET status active; cancel -> cancelled
Search the web: anonymous web_search: who designed the Eiffel Tower	mcp	done ✓	{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": 12, "result": {"_meta": {"parallel/usage": [{"name": "sku_search", "count": 1, "cost_usd": 0.001}]}, "content": [{"type": "text", "text": "{\n \"search_id\": \"search_ea5150c
Extract: anonymous web_fetch iana.org example-domains page	mcp	done ✓	{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": 22, "result": {"_meta": {"parallel/usage": [{"name": "sku_extract_excerpts", "count": 1, "cost_usd": 0.001}]}, "content": [{"type": "text", "text": "{\n \"extract_id\": \"ext
Create monitor: create, read back, cancel a monitor	api	done ✓	HTTP/2 201 monitor_1dbaa9a4baba41bdbe5ed3c79e8e86b7; GET status active; cancel -> cancelled
Search the web: anonymous web_search: who designed the Eiffel Tower	mcp	done ✓	{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": 13, "result": {"_meta": {"parallel/usage": [{"name": "sku_search", "count": 1, "cost_usd": 0.001}]}, "content": [{"type": "text", "text": "{\n \"search_id\": \"search_2e6cbee
Extract: anonymous web_fetch iana.org example-domains page	mcp	done ✓	{"jsonrpc": "2.0", "id": 23, "result": {"_meta": {"parallel/usage": [{"name": "sku_extract_excerpts", "count": 1, "cost_usd": 0.001}]}, "content": [{"type": "text", "text": "{\n \"extract_id\": \"ext
Docs claim: Search the web with a natural-language objective: POST /v1/search	api	plan_gated	402 Insufficient credit ($0 balance; free monthly credits need a payment method)
Docs claim: Search the web with a natural-language objective: web_search	mcp	done ✓	anonymous search.parallel.ai/mcp returned results; with our $0 key on /mcp-oauth: 'Error executing tool web_search: 402: Insufficient credit'
Docs claim: Search the web with a natural-language objective: parallel-cli search	cli	plan_gated	402 Insufficient credit ($0 balance; free monthly credits need a payment method)
Docs claim: Extract clean markdown/excerpts from a specific URL: POST /v1/extract	api	plan_gated	402 Insufficient credit ($0 balance; free monthly credits need a payment method)
Docs claim: Extract clean markdown/excerpts from a specific URL: web_fetch (Search MCP)	mcp	done ✓	anonymous call returned excerpts
Docs claim: Extract clean markdown/excerpts from a specific URL: parallel-cli extract	cli	plan_gated	402 Insufficient credit ($0 balance; free monthly credits need a payment method)
Docs claim: Run deep research on an open-ended question and get a cited report: POST /v1/tasks/runs	api	plan_gated	402 Insufficient credit ($0 balance; free monthly credits need a payment method); via x402 gateway /api/task it ran (we paid)
Docs claim: Run deep research on an open-ended question and get a cited report: Task MCP createDeepResearch	mcp	plan_gated	processor lite -> clear 400 'Deep Research requires pro or ultra processors' with valid list; pro-fast -> 402 Insufficient credit wrapped as status 500
Docs claim: Run deep research on an open-ended question and get a cited report: parallel-cli research run	cli	plan_gated	402 Insufficient credit ($0 balance; free monthly credits need a payment method)
Docs claim: Enrich existing structured records with new web-sourced fields: POST /v1/tasks/runs (input schema + output schema)	api	plan_gated	402 Insufficient credit ($0 balance; free monthly credits need a payment method)
Docs claim: Enrich existing structured records with new web-sourced fields: Task MCP createTaskGroup	mcp	plan_gated	same credit gate as task runs (task group runs 402)
Docs claim: Enrich existing structured records with new web-sourced fields: parallel-cli enrich run	cli	plan_gated	same Task API credit gate
Docs claim: Choose compute tier (processor) to trade cost/speed for depth of research: processor field on POST /v1/tasks/runs	api	plan_gated	402 Insufficient credit ($0 balance; free monthly credits need a payment method)
Docs claim: Choose compute tier (processor) to trade cost/speed for depth of research: --processor flag	cli	done ✓	flag exists with 18 tiers in parallel-cli research run --help; the run itself 402
Docs claim: Discover a structured dataset of entities from a natural-language query: POST /v1beta/findall/runs	api	plan_gated	402 Insufficient credit ($0 balance; free monthly credits need a payment method); note map says /v1/findall/runs, OpenAPI path is /v1beta/findall/runs
Docs claim: Fast synchronous entity search (people/company lookup): POST /v1beta/findall/entity-search	api	plan_gated	402 Insufficient credit ($0 balance; free monthly credits need a payment method)
Docs claim: Create an always-on monitor that watches the web for a query on a schedule: POST /v1/monitors	api	done ✓	201, read back, update, cancel all worked at $0; runs error for credit
Docs claim: Receive webhook notifications when a monitor detects a new event: webhook field on POST /v1/monitors	api	plan_gated	monitor runs fail for credit; no receiver of ours
Docs claim: Ask a question and get a conversational answer with live web citations: POST /v1/responses	api	plan_gated	402 Insufficient credit ($0 balance; free monthly credits need a payment method); via x402 gateway /api/responses it answered (we paid)
Docs claim: Create an always-on monitor that watches the web for a query on a schedule: parallel-cli monitor list\|create\|update\|cancel	cli	done ✓	parallel-cli monitor list showed our monitor; not in the map's surfaces
Task Group: POST /v1/tasks/groups then add a run	api	plan_gated	group created 200 tgrp_6d418bbf9c0b4d6da03110dbaeb31c30, GET read back 200; POST /groups/{id}/runs -> 402 Insufficient credit
FindAll preview: POST /v1beta/findall/runs generator preview	api	plan_gated	402 Insufficient credit ($0 balance; free monthly credits need a payment method); POST /v1beta/findall/ingest (schema from objective) answered 200 for free
: SSE task events: no task run could be created (402)	api	plan_gated	402 Insufficient credit ($0 balance; free monthly credits need a payment method)
: source_policy needs a search/task run: 402	api	plan_gated	402 Insufficient credit ($0 balance; free monthly credits need a payment method)
: FindAll cancel needs a FindAll run: 402 on create	api	plan_gated	402 Insufficient credit ($0 balance; free monthly credits need a payment method)
: FindAll SSE needs a FindAll run: 402	api	plan_gated	402 Insufficient credit ($0 balance; free monthly credits need a payment method)
: previous_interaction_id needs task runs: 402	api	plan_gated	402 Insufficient credit ($0 balance; free monthly credits need a payment method)
: data_connectors: paid per map; task runs 402	api	plan_gated	402 Insufficient credit ($0 balance; free monthly credits need a payment method)
: mcp_servers on task runs: 402	api	plan_gated	402 Insufficient credit ($0 balance; free monthly credits need a payment method)
: FindAll enrich needs a run: 402	api	plan_gated	402 Insufficient credit ($0 balance; free monthly credits need a payment method)
: FindAll extend needs a run: 402	api	plan_gated	402 Insufficient credit ($0 balance; free monthly credits need a payment method)
: exclude_list on FindAll: 402	api	plan_gated	402 Insufficient credit ($0 balance; free monthly credits need a payment method)
: follow-up task from monitor: monitor runs fail for credit	api	plan_gated	402 Insufficient credit ($0 balance; free monthly credits need a payment method)
Memory retrieve: parallel-cli memory retrieve; POST /v1beta/memory/retrieve	cli	failed ✓	CLI: 'Memory API error: Memory is not available for this account yet.'; API with app key: 403 'Requests with an app API key must include a memory_scope_key.'
Memory evict/clear: parallel-cli memory clear	cli	failed ✓	memory not available for this account yet (same as)
CLI: parallel-cli search/extract/research run	cli	plan_gated	login, auth, balance get, monitor list worked; search/extract/research 'Insufficient credit'
SQL/dataframe integrations: docs check	none	skipped	documented at docs.parallel.ai/data-integrations/duckdb.md (and BigQuery, Snowflake, Spark, Polars, Supabase pages); needs task credit and the host tools; not run
Apps and keys: Account API create app + key (see credentials)	api	done ✓	POST /apps 200, POST /apps/{id}/keys 200; GET /apps lists the new app
Balance: GET /account/service/v1/balance; parallel-cli balance get	api	done ✓	200 credit_balance_cents 0.0, will_invoice false; CLI 'Credit balance: $0.00'; top-up (POST /balance/add) charges the default payment method: not called (no card)
Org roles: docs check	none	skipped	documented at docs.parallel.ai/resources/organization-roles-and-permissions.md; web UI only; inviting members would mail people: not done
OAuth provider: AS metadata + device flow	api	done ✓	platform.parallel.ai/.well-known/oauth-authorization-server lists authorize, token, register (DCR), device endpoints; our CLI device flow obtained tokens (docs: oauth-provider.md)
Pay probes: read pay_probe.json/pay_tx.json; docs; billing API	api	done ✓	x402 v2 (Base USDC, eip155:8453) and MPP (tempo) 402s on parallelmpp.dev, named in docs.parallel.ai/integrations/agentic-payments.md; mpp.dev lists it first-party; Stripe Projects catalog lists parallel (lead); we paid 4 calls $0.13 (search, extract, responses, task), all 200; Account API POST /service/v1/balance/add charges the org's default payment method (card attached in the web app); prepaid credit, no plans; free monthly credits only after adding a payment method
Walk to last click: Billing > Add to balance, and Billing > Add a payment method	browser	done ✓	'Add to balance' dialog: Amount $, Payment method 'Select a payment method', button PURCHASE (needs a saved card first); 'Add a payment method' dialog: Stripe Elements card form (Country, ZIP, card number, expiry, CVC), button SAVE CARD; Stripe hcaptcha-invisible frame and Google Pay frame loaded; no phone field. Stopped: no card for this drive
Cancel: nothing recurring was started	none	skipped	prepaid balance only; Auto-reload Off; no plan or trial started; nothing to cancel
Responses: repeat paid /api/responses	api	skipped	we makes one paid call per task (pay_tx.json); the agent never pays; account route needs credit (402)
Responses: repeat paid /api/responses	api	skipped	we makes one paid call per task (pay_tx.json); the agent never pays; account route needs credit (402)
Use key: GET/POST /v1/monitors with the created key	api	done ✓	200/201 (monitor created, listed, updated, cancelled)
Revoke key: DELETE /account/service/v1/apps/{app}/keys/{key}	api	done ✓	204; the key still answered 200 right after; ~20 s later 401 {'code':16,'message':'Invalid API key (C.2)'}
Delete account: find account/org deletion in Settings (Account, Organization, Team, user menu), docs and privacy policy	browser	blocked ✓	Settings > Account shows only sessions; Organization shows name/ID/terms; user menu: Theme, Settings, Docs, Contact us, Sign out; no delete in the docs or either OpenAPI; privacy policy: 'deletion of your Personal Data … contact us at support@parallel.ai' (mail only: not sent, our rules); cleanup done: our app + key deleted (DELETE /apps/{id} 204. 'parallel-cli Users' app: DELETE -> 400 'The parallel-cli Users app cannot be deleted' and keys cannot be listed, so the two CLI-issued keys still answer 200; empty task group stays (no delete route)