Perplexity MCP

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Perplexity MCP

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About this agent

Perplexity's official server for search and Sonar-powered answers. Its tools cover web search, question answering with citations, deep research and step-by-step reasoning. It is available as a hosted endpoint or a local npx package. Calls are billed at standard Perplexity API rates.

Connect

MCP endpoint: https://api.perplexity.ai/mcp

Add it to any MCP client that supports remote servers (Claude, Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf):

JSON
{
  "mcpServers": {  
    "perplexity": {  
      "url": "https://api.perplexity.ai/mcp"  
    }  
  }  
}

It can also run locally:

BASH
npx -y @perplexity-ai/mcp-server

Details

  • Authentication: OAuth or API key
  • Maintainer: Perplexity (official server)
  • Category: Search
  • Tags: search, research, citations, answers
  • Popularity: Official remote server; 2.6k GitHub stars

Connect to this MCP server

Server URL

https://api.perplexity.ai/mcp
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Add to CursorAdd to VS Code

Claude Code

Run in your terminal. Add --scope user to use it in every project.

Claude Desktop: claude_desktop_config.json

Open it from Settings → Developer → Edit Config, then restart Claude. Or skip the file: Settings → Connectors → Add custom connector, and paste the URL.

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search
research
citations
answers
mcp

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