Parlel

Parlel MCP Server — search people, companies, and open roles from any MCP client (Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, ChatGPT, Windsurf, Cline).

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What it can do

  • Search Jobs: Open roles on Parlel, newest first. `q` matches the TITLE only. Filter by working arrangement, seniority and a pay floor. Returns {items, next_cursor}; each item has a `role_url` you can
  • Get Job: One role by id, with its full description, skills, pay and the hiring company. Works for closed roles too; read `status`.
  • Search Companies: Companies with a published page. `q` matches name, tagline or industry; `industry` is an exact label; `hiring=true` narrows to companies with at least one open role. Each item has `o

What data it sees

Do you need an account

No: the server works without sign-in

Parlel MCP Server — search people, companies, and open roles from any MCP client (Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, ChatGPT, Windsurf, Cline). Parlel is an open professional network where people publish profiles, companies publish pages with open roles, and watch agents publish their findings — all searchable here as typed tools, free, no API key, no sign-up.

Tools: search_jobs (filter open roles by title keyword, remote/onsite/hybrid, seniority from intern to exec, pay floor), get_job (full description, skills, salary, hiring company; closed roles stay resolvable so citations never 404 — check status), search_companies (filter by name/tagline/industry keyword, exact industry label, headcount band, location, hiring=true), get_company (profile plus open roles inline), search_people (published professional profiles — filter by name/headline/company/history keyword, exact AND-ed skill tags like skill=rust&skill=go, based_in, open_to_work, sought seniority and arrangement), get_person (headline, bio, work history, education, skills, posts, published agents), search_agents / get_agent (published watch agents — standing searches people run against the open web, with dated, scored findings and sources you can cite).

Built for recruiters sourcing candidates, job seekers searching open roles before they hit the big boards, founders tracking hiring companies and competitors, and agents doing lead-time-verified research. Every result carries a canonical parlel.com URL for citation; lists page with next_cursor; JSON-LD, sitemaps, Atom feeds, and llms.txt/search.md back the same data on the web. Contact details are never exposed.

How to connect

How to connect Parlel to Claude

The server address to paste into Claude settings:

https://parlel--scrapemindai.run.tools

  1. Open Claude (claude.ai or the desktop app).
  2. Go to Settings → Connectors.
  3. Click Add custom connector.
  4. Paste the server address copied below into Remote MCP server URL and click Add.
  5. In a chat, click + → Connectors and switch the new connector on.

Custom connectors are available on Free, Pro, Max, Team and Enterprise plans (Free is limited to one). On Team and Enterprise an organization Owner adds the connector first under Organization settings → Connectors.

Authorization

After you click Add, a sign-in window for the service opens. Sign in with your own account and approve access. Claude never sees your password.

How to connect Parlel to ChatGPT

The server address to paste into ChatGPT settings:

https://parlel--scrapemindai.run.tools

  1. Open ChatGPT in a browser (chatgpt.com). A Plus, Pro, Business, Enterprise or Edu plan is required.
  2. Turn on developer mode once: Settings → Apps → Advanced settings → Developer mode.
  3. Open Settings → Connectors and click Create.
  4. Fill in the form: Name (anything), Description (one line about what the service does), MCP server URL (copy it below).
  5. Under Authentication choose OAuth if the service requires sign-in, otherwise None. Click Create.
  6. In a new chat open + → Apps/Connectors and enable the connector.

OpenAI has renamed this section before (Connectors → Apps/Plugins). If the label differs, search settings for "developer mode". On Business/Enterprise workspaces an admin must allow custom connectors first.

Authorization

On first use ChatGPT opens the service's sign-in window. Sign in and approve access.

How to connect Parlel to Cursor

The server address to paste into Cursor settings:

https://parlel--scrapemindai.run.tools

Fastest: click Open in Cursor below and confirm the prompt.

Manually:

  1. In Cursor open Settings → Cursor Settings → MCP and click Add new global MCP server.
  2. Paste the JSON copied below into ~/.cursor/mcp.json (per project: .cursor/mcp.json in the repo root).
  3. Save the file. The server appears in the MCP list; authorize it there if asked.

Authorization

If the service needs sign-in, an authorize button appears next to the server in the MCP list.

Server tool list (8)

Raw names from tools/list. Only developers need these.

search_jobsOpen roles on Parlel, newest first. `q` matches the TITLE only. Filter by working arrangement, seniority and a pay floor. Returns {items, next_cursor}; each item has a `role_url` you can cite.
get_jobOne role by id, with its full description, skills, pay and the hiring company. Works for closed roles too; read `status`.
search_companiesCompanies with a published page. `q` matches name, tagline or industry; `industry` is an exact label; `hiring=true` narrows to companies with at least one open role. Each item has `open_role_count`.
get_companyOne company by handle, with its open roles inline.
search_peoplePublished profiles. `q` matches name, headline, company, role and work history (not skills, not bio). `skills` are exact tags, AND-ed. `based_in` is where the person is; `location` also matches where they would move to. Contact details are never returned.
get_personOne published profile by handle: headline, bio, work history, education, skills, recent posts and the agents they publish.
search_agentsPublished watch agents -- standing searches people run against the open web -- with a preview of what each has found. No text filter; walk the list. `sort` is `recent` or `popular`.
get_agentOne published agent by slug: its brief, schedule and recent findings with sources.