Parcel is intended to be used to build apps from the ground up. That’s why they recommend starting with a index.js or index.html file.
You might be able to use Parcel’s packaging for a theme or plugin, but you would lose the built-in server and live reloading (“hot module replacement”) among other things. There may be more that wouldn’t work.
I don’t think Parcel is a good fit for WordPress development. Read more.
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