Add turbo search mode support

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -5,6 +5,14 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.1.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [0.5.0] - 2026-07-09
+
+This release adds support for Parallel Search **Turbo** mode.
+
+### Added
+
+- **`turbo` search mode** — `ParallelWebSearchTool` now accepts `mode="turbo"`, the lowest-latency and lowest-cost tier (Parallel Search Turbo, ~200ms p50). Valid modes are now `turbo`, `basic`, and `advanced` (default `advanced`).
+
 ## [0.4.0] - 2026-04-28
 
 This is a feature release covering Phase 2 of the modernization roadmap. Adds five new public surfaces (retriever, Task API, FindAll, Monitor, MCP toolkit) and removes the deprecation paths that 0.3.0 introduced.

examples/search_example.py

@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ async def main() -> None:
         print("  - Multi-query search")
         print("  - Domain filtering with SourcePolicy")
         print("  - FetchPolicy for cache control")
-        print("  - Search modes: basic (low-latency) and advanced (high-quality)")
+        print("  - Search modes: turbo (fastest/cheapest), basic (low-latency), advanced (high-quality)")
         print("  - Async + parallel execution")
         print("  - Metadata collection")
 

langchain_parallel/search_tool.py

@@ -16,15 +16,15 @@
 from ._client import get_api_key, get_async_parallel_client, get_parallel_client
 from ._types import ExcerptSettings, FetchPolicy, SourcePolicy
 
-_VALID_MODES = {"basic", "advanced"}
+_VALID_MODES = {"turbo", "basic", "advanced"}
 
 
 def _validate_mode(mode: Optional[str]) -> Optional[str]:
-    """Validate that ``mode`` is ``"basic"``, ``"advanced"``, or ``None``."""
+    """Validate that ``mode`` is ``"turbo"``, ``"basic"``, ``"advanced"``, or ``None``."""
     if mode is None or mode in _VALID_MODES:
         return mode
     msg = (
-        f"Invalid mode '{mode}'. Expected one of: 'basic', 'advanced'. "
+        f"Invalid mode '{mode}'. Expected one of: 'turbo', 'basic', 'advanced'. "
         f"(Legacy values 'fast', 'one-shot', 'agentic' were removed in 0.4.0; "
         f"map 'fast'/'one-shot' to 'basic' and 'agentic' to 'advanced'.)"
     )
@@ -122,11 +122,12 @@ def _check_query_length(cls, qs: list[str]) -> list[str]:
             "Useful for capping context size when feeding results to an LLM."
         ),
     )
-    mode: Optional[Literal["basic", "advanced"]] = Field(
+    mode: Optional[Literal["turbo", "basic", "advanced"]] = Field(
         default=None,
         description=(
-            "Search mode: 'basic' for low-latency searches, 'advanced' (default) "
-            "for higher quality with more retrieval and compression."
+            "Search mode: 'turbo' for the lowest latency and cost, 'basic' for "
+            "low-latency searches, 'advanced' (default) for higher quality "
+            "with more retrieval and compression."
         ),
     )
     source_policy: Optional[Union[SourcePolicy, dict[str, Any]]] = Field(
@@ -185,8 +186,8 @@ class ParallelWebSearchTool(BaseTool):
 
     This tool calls Parallel's Search API, which streamlines the traditional
     search -> scrape -> extract pipeline into a single API call. It supports
-    natural-language objectives, keyword queries, domain filters, two modes
-    (`basic`, `advanced`), location targeting, and async usage.
+    natural-language objectives, keyword queries, domain filters, three modes
+    (`turbo`, `basic`, `advanced`), location targeting, and async usage.
 
     Setup:
         Install `langchain-parallel` and set environment variable

pyproject.toml

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "poetry.core.masonry.api"
 
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "langchain-parallel"
-version = "0.4.0"
+version = "0.5.0"
 description = "A LangChain integration for Parallel Web AI services, including Chat and Search."
 authors = ["Parallel Team <support@parallel.ai>"]
 readme = "README.md"

tests/unit_tests/test_search_tool.py

@@ -293,6 +293,7 @@ def test_parallel_search_tool_is_alias_of_parallel_web_search_tool() -> None:
 
 class TestValidateMode:
     def test_passthrough(self) -> None:
+        assert _validate_mode("turbo") == "turbo"
         assert _validate_mode("basic") == "basic"
         assert _validate_mode("advanced") == "advanced"
         assert _validate_mode(None) is None