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ai.smithery/arjunkmrm-perplexity-search

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Enable AI assistants to perform web searches using Perplexity's Sonar Pro.

Source code Documentation

What can you do with ai.smithery/arjunkmrm-perplexity-search?

  • Provides a search tool for AI assistants to perform web searches
  • Uses Perplexity's chat completions API with the sonar/sonar-pro models

Install

Add this to your client's MCP configuration (Claude Desktop: claude_desktop_config.json; Cursor: .cursor/mcp.json; VS Code and others use the same "mcpServers" shape).

Remote (streamable-http)
Claude Code 
claude mcp add --transport http arjunkmrm-perplexity-search 'https://server.smithery.ai/@arjunkmrm/perplexity-search/mcp' --header 'Authorization: <Bearer token for Smithery authentication>'
JSON configuration (Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code) 
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "arjunkmrm-perplexity-search": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://server.smithery.ai/@arjunkmrm/perplexity-search/mcp",
            "headers": {
                "Authorization": "<Bearer token for Smithery authentication>"
            }
        }
    }
}

Documentation

From the project's README on GitHub, refreshed weekly. Links open on GitHub.

Contents
  1. Perplexity Search MCP
  2. Features
  3. Tool: search
  4. Configuration
  5. Response Format
  6. License

Perplexity Search MCP

A simple Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for Perplexity's web search with sonar or sonar-pro.

Features

  • Provides a search tool for AI assistants to perform web searches
  • Uses Perplexity's chat completions API with the sonar/sonar-pro models

The server provides a search tool with the following input parameters:

  • query (required): The search query to perform
  • search_recency_filter (optional): Filter search results by recency (options: month, week, day, hour). If not specified, no time filtering is applied.

Configuration

Environment Variables
  • PERPLEXITY_API_KEY: Your Perplexity API key (required)

Response Format

The response from the search tool includes:

  • content: The search results content
  • citations: Array of citations for the information

License

MIT

Frequently asked questions

What is ai.smithery/arjunkmrm-perplexity-search?

Enable AI assistants to perform web searches using Perplexity's Sonar Pro.

How do I install ai.smithery/arjunkmrm-perplexity-search?

It runs as a remote server. In Claude Code: claude mcp add --transport http arjunkmrm-perplexity-search 'https://server.smithery.ai/@arjunkmrm/perplexity-search/mcp' --header 'Authorization: <Bearer token for Smithery authentication>'. For other clients, paste the JSON configuration from this page into their MCP settings.

Does ai.smithery/arjunkmrm-perplexity-search need an API key?

Yes. It expects Authorization, which you set in its configuration.

Is ai.smithery/arjunkmrm-perplexity-search open source?

Its code is public on GitHub, but the repository does not declare a standard license.

Who maintains ai.smithery/arjunkmrm-perplexity-search?

It is published by arjunkmrm. AI.tn lists it but does not maintain or endorse it.

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