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Getting good answers
You don't need special commands. Ask the way you'd ask a colleague. These tips help Claude and ChatGPT find the right data on the first try.
What Parade can look up
| You want to know | Ask something like |
|---|---|
| What carriers are bidding on a lane | "What are carriers bidding Dallas, TX to Atlanta, GA, van, next Tuesday?" |
| How bids are trending | "Show the daily bids for Chicago → Atlanta reefer this week." |
| The quotes on one load | "Show every quote on load 4410023." |
| Where quotes came from | "Where did the quotes on load 4410023 come from: 123Loadboard, CoDriver, or entered by a rep?" |
| How to reach a carrier that quoted | "Who quoted load 4410023, and what are their email and phone?" |
| Quotes on a lane | "Open quotes on Dallas → Atlanta loads from the last 7 days." |
| What happened on covered loads | "On archived loads from LA to Phoenix last month, who won and at what rate?" |
| Your open loads | "What open loads do we have out of Dallas this week?" |
| Loads that still need a truck | "Which reefer loads picking up tomorrow have no carrier yet?" |
| Loads nobody has quoted | "Show my open loads with no quotes." |
| Carriers for a lane | "Which carriers run Los Angeles to Dallas in a van?" / "Find reefer carriers from the Midwest to Texas, including ones outside my network." |
| A carrier's contacts | "Who's the contact for DOT 1980230? Give me emails and phone numbers." |
| A carrier's trucks | "What trucks does MC 701572 have available this week? Where were they running last month?" |
| What a carrier has hauled for you | "What loads has DOT 1980230 hauled for us in the last 6 months, and what did we pay?" |
| A carrier's lane preferences | "What lanes does DOT 1980230 want?" |
| Whether a carrier is cleared | "Is MC 701572 compliant? Do they have the green check?" |
| One load's details | "What are the pickup date, equipment and customer rate on load 4410023?" |
| Which account you're using | "Which Parade account am I connected as?" |
Read the numbers the right way
- Bid estimates are what carriers are asking. The bid estimate is Parade's Estimated Carrier Bid: a summary of carrier bids on that lane across Parade's network around your pickup date. It's a market benchmark, not what a lane settled or paid at, and not your own quotes. To see what you paid, ask about quotes on your covered (archived) loads.
- Thin data is flagged. If there were no bids on the exact pickup day, you'll get the closest day that had bids. A figure based on only a few bids is less reliable.
- "Active" vs "archived" loads. Active loads are still open. Archived loads have been covered, cancelled or closed. Say which one you mean, or ask for both.
- "Won" means that carrier was assigned the load.
- Open-load searches cover active loads only. To look back at past loads, ask about the quotes on them, or look up one load by its number.
Tips
- Use "City, ST" for places, like "Joliet, IL". Lane searches include nearby cities (within 50 miles by default). Ask for "within 25 miles" to tighten that, or "within 100 miles" to widen it.
- Give a date range. "Last 7 days" or "in October" gives faster, more focused answers than "all quotes".
- Use your load number (reference ID) exactly as it appears in Parade.
- Ask for more. Long lists come back a page at a time. If the answer stops early, say "continue" or "show the rest".
- Combine questions. For example: "Compare the quotes on load 4410023 with the current bid estimate for its lane."