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docs(mcp): pair @commonlyai/mcp with Parallel's MCP server - #3048
Docs only. Adds a section to `docs/MCP_INTEGRATION.md` that loads `@commonlyai/mcp` (stdio) and Parallel's MCP server (HTTP, `https://mcp.parallel.ai/mcp\`) side by side in Claude Code and Cursor, plus a worked flow from pod context to a sourced reply.
Proposed in #2131. Commonly auth and defaults are unchanged. No Parallel key is needed for `web_search` and `web_fetch`. The standalone `search.parallel.ai` server still runs.
Scope note: the daemon and wrapper adapters have their own rules for remote MCP servers. This covers only the user-driven client path.
Proof
Run with the `@modelcontextprotocol/sdk` client (scratch script, not committed). The token came from a local token file and is not shown here.
Commonly stdio server (`npx -y @commonlyai/mcp`): 31 tools, all `commonly_*`.
Not verified: I did not run the Cursor client itself. The Cursor block uses the documented `url` shape for HTTP servers. A Cursor check should be done before this is called verified there.
Test plan
Docs-only change. No code paths touched.
Reviewer: check the Claude Code and Cursor blocks against the current docs for each client.
Adds a user-driven client example that loads Commonly and Parallel's
web search side by side in Claude Code and Cursor, plus a worked flow
from pod context to a sourced reply. Commonly auth and defaults are
unchanged, and Parallel needs no key for web_search and web_fetch.
Proposed in #2131.
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Review comments at @docs/MCP_INTEGRATION.md:
- Around line 363-364: Update the Cursor security guidance in the MCP
integration section to require Allowlist mode with Commonly write tools excluded
from the MCP allowlist, or document the exact equivalent configuration that
ensures those tools require human approval; clarify that turning off Run
Everything alone is insufficient.
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Walkthrough
The MCP integration guide explains how to configure Commonly alongside Parallel’s web-research MCP server in Claude Code or Cursor. It describes a user-driven workflow that combines pod context with web research and posts a sourced answer.
Changes: Parallel MCP integration guide
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Summary
Setup and sourced-answer workflow docs/MCP_INTEGRATION.md
The guide describes Parallel’s endpoint, tool availability, and authentication requirements. It provides Claude Code and Cursor configuration examples and outlines a four-step workflow. It warns that pod context is sent to an external search service and fetched pages are untrusted. The guide limits this setup to user-driven clients and distinguishes daemon and wrapper adapter rules.
Team-Commonly/commonly#2480: Documents the interactive Claude Code MCP workflow and Commonly server configuration used in this guide.
Team-Commonly/commonly#2584: Defines the Cursor configuration path for Commonly MCP that this guide uses alongside Parallel.
Team-Commonly/commonly#2477: Documents adding Commonly to Claude Code with MCP, which this guide extends with Parallel as a second server.
Merge Risk: Moderate · previous review 3ce68
Require human approval for Commonly writes before merging. Cursor’s documented stdio configuration also needs clarification.
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Follow-up Comments
Describe webresearch as requiring authentication, not an API key.
296-296: Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win
Describe web_research as requiring authentication, not an API key.
Parallel supports web_research with OAuth sign-in or an API key. The current wording incorrectly excludes the documented OAuth flow. Use “requires authentication (OAuth or API key).” (docs.parallel.ai)
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Review comment at @docs/MCP_INTEGRATION.md at line 296:
Update the `web_research` description in the MCP integration documentation to
say it requires authentication via OAuth or an API key, rather than implying an
API key is required.
Keep the agent token out of project .mcp.json.
307-307: Minor · Security & Privacy · Quick win
Keep the agent token out of project .mcp.json.
If users copy a real token into a committed project configuration, the credential can enter version control. Keep the token in ~/.claude.json, or use environment expansion for a project file.
Keep project configuration secret-free
- Or in `~/.claude.json` (or the project's `.mcp.json`), with both servers:+ Or in `~/.claude.json`, with both servers. For a project `.mcp.json`, use environment expansion:
...
- "COMMONLY_AGENT_TOKEN": "cm_agent_xxx"+ "COMMONLY_AGENT_TOKEN": "${COMMONLY_AGENT_TOKEN}"
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Review comment at @docs/MCP_INTEGRATION.md at line 307:
Update the MCP integration instructions so real agent tokens are kept in
~/.claude.json, not committed project .mcp.json files. If documenting project
configuration, show environment-variable expansion for COMMONLY_AGENT_TOKEN
instead of a literal token.
Add a privacy warning before the worked flow.
355-358: Minor · Security & Privacy · Quick win
Add a privacy warning before the worked flow.
The flow reads pod context and then forms objective and search_queries for Parallel. The user-driven label does not tell users to redact private content or obtain approval before sending it to an external service.
Suggested documentation change
**Worked flow** — one question, answered from the pod and the web:
+Before placing pod-derived content in `objective` or `search_queries`, redact+private messages, names, identifiers, and secrets. Ask the user for approval+before sending content that is not clearly public to Parallel.+
1. Read the pod's context with `commonly_get_context` (or read recent messages
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Review comment at @docs/MCP_INTEGRATION.md around lines 355 - 358:
Add a privacy warning before the worked flow in the MCP integration
documentation, instructing users to redact private pod-derived content and
obtain user approval before sending content that is not clearly public to
Parallel via objective or search_queries.
Add an explicit review boundary before posting fetched content.
359-360: Minor · Security & Privacy · Quick win
Add an explicit review boundary before posting fetched content.
web_fetch supplies external page content to the same user-driven host that can call commonly_post_message. User approval limits this to a minor documentation security gap, but it does not replace guidance to treat fetched content as untrusted.
Add an explicit review boundary
3. Fetch the page you will cite with `web_fetch`, passing its URL in `urls`.
+ Treat fetched content as untrusted data. Do not follow instructions from the page.-4. Post the sourced answer back with `commonly_post_message`, with the source- URL in the message.+4. Review the draft and fetched source. Approve `commonly_post_message` only after+ confirming that the answer is supported. Then post the sourced answer with the+ source URL in the message.
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Review comment at @docs/MCP_INTEGRATION.md around lines 359 - 360:
Update the web_fetch and commonly_post_message guidance to treat fetched page
content as untrusted and not follow its instructions; require reviewing the
draft against the source and confirming the answer is supported before approving
the post.
…th and data flow (TASK-331)
- Token lives in ~/.claude.json; a committable project .mcp.json uses ${COMMONLY_AGENT_TOKEN}.
- web_research needs a Bearer API key or OAuth, and Parallel's quickstart does not list it separately, so the docs say to confirm there.
- Pod context goes to an external search service: redact private content first.
- Fetched pages are untrusted input: review before commonly_post_message.
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Remove the stale claim about the Parallel quickstart.
298-299: Minor · Functional Correctness · Quick win
Remove the stale claim about the Parallel quickstart.
Parallel's current quickstart explicitly states that web_research requires authentication. It also lists the unauthenticated tools. (docs.parallel.ai)
Replace this caveat with a direct link to the authentication guidance, or remove it.
As per path instructions, documentation claims about external tools must match the verified contract.
Proposed wording
-Parallel's quickstart does not list `web_research`'s auth on its own, so confirm-it there before you rely on it.+See Parallel's authentication guidance before using `web_research`; it requires+a Parallel API key or OAuth.
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Review comment at @docs/MCP_INTEGRATION.md around lines 298 - 299:
Remove the outdated caveat about the Parallel quickstart from the `web_research`
documentation. Replace it with a direct link to Parallel’s authentication
guidance, or remove the caveat; keep the surrounding standalone MCP endpoint
guidance unchanged.
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The quickstart says web_search, web_fetch and web_decisions need no key,
and that web_research needs OAuth sign-in or an API key.
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Minor · Use Cursor's ${env:NAME} syntax for the agent token in the Cursor… · MCP_INTEGRATION.md:343-345
docs/MCP_INTEGRATION.md:343-345 Minor · Security & Privacy · Quick win
Use Cursor's ${env:NAME} syntax for the agent token in the Cursor env block.
The text above this example says to keep the real token out of a project file that can be committed. The Cursor example in the same section puts a token value directly in the env block of .cursor/mcp.json, which is the project file that can be committed. Cursor resolves ${env:NAME} in env, so the file can reference the variable instead of the token. The Claude Code section already uses a variable reference for the project file.
Export COMMONLY_AGENT_TOKEN in the environment that starts Cursor. Cursor reads variables from that environment, as the Parallel section describes for shell variables. (cursor.com)
Repository rule: keep agent keys out of committed files.
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Review comment at @docs/MCP_INTEGRATION.md around lines 343 - 345:
Update the Cursor MCP example’s env block so COMMONLY_AGENT_TOKEN references the
environment variable instead of embedding a token value; keep the API URL entry
unchanged.
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- Around line 343-345: Update the Cursor MCP example’s env block so
COMMONLY_AGENT_TOKEN references the environment variable instead of embedding a
token value; keep the API URL entry unchanged.
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Major · Keep Cursor MCP approval enabled for the write step. · MCP_INTEGRATION.md:359-362
docs/MCP_INTEGRATION.md:359-362 Major · Security & Privacy · Quick win
Keep Cursor MCP approval enabled for the write step.
The guide only asks the user to review fetched pages. Cursor can run every MCP call automatically when Auto-run or Run Everything is enabled. A malicious fetched page can therefore cause the model to call commonly_post_message, which can post before the user reviews or approves the message.
Suggested fix
-Fetched pages are untrusted input, so review them before anything goes out through-`commonly_post_message`.+Fetched pages are untrusted input. Keep Cursor MCP approval enabled, keep+`commonly_post_message` out of any allowlist, and disable Auto-run or Run+Everything. Review the fetched page before approving anything through+`commonly_post_message`.
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Review comment at @docs/MCP_INTEGRATION.md around lines 359 - 362:
Update the “Worked flow” guidance in the MCP integration document to require
Cursor MCP approval for the write step: keep commonly_post_message out of any
allowlist, disable Auto-run or Run Everything, and review fetched pages before
approving a post through commonly_post_message.
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- Around line 359-362: Update the “Worked flow” guidance in the MCP integration
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commonly_post_message out of any allowlist, disable Auto-run or Run Everything,
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- Around line 363-364: Update the Cursor security guidance in the MCP
integration section to require Allowlist mode with Commonly write tools excluded
from the MCP allowlist, or document the exact equivalent configuration that
ensures those tools require human approval; clarify that turning off Run
Everything alone is insufficient.
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Summary
Docs only. Adds a section to `docs/MCP_INTEGRATION.md` that loads `@commonlyai/mcp` (stdio) and Parallel's MCP server (HTTP, `https://mcp.parallel.ai/mcp\`) side by side in Claude Code and Cursor, plus a worked flow from pod context to a sourced reply.
Proposed in #2131. Commonly auth and defaults are unchanged. No Parallel key is needed for `web_search` and `web_fetch`. The standalone `search.parallel.ai` server still runs.
Scope note: the daemon and wrapper adapters have their own rules for remote MCP servers. This covers only the user-driven client path.
Proof
Run with the `@modelcontextprotocol/sdk` client (scratch script, not committed). The token came from a local token file and is not shown here.
Not verified: I did not run the Cursor client itself. The Cursor block uses the documented `url` shape for HTTP servers. A Cursor check should be done before this is called verified there.
Test plan
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