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MCP Server Perplexity

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Interact with the Perplexity API.

Source code Documentation

What can you do with MCP Server Perplexity?

  • ask_perplexity: Request chat completion with citations from Perplexity

Install

The installation steps are in the documentation below. Documentation

Documentation

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

Perplexity MCP Server

MCP Server for the Perplexity API.

:warning: Limitations:

  • The Claude Desktop client may timeout if Perplexity processing takes too long
  • This issue might be resolved if Claude Desktop implements support for long running operations and progress reporting in the future
  • Implementation updates to handle these features will be made if they become available

Components

Tools
  • ask_perplexity: Request chat completion with citations from Perplexity

Quickstart

Install
Claude Desktop
  • On macOS: ~/Library/Application\ Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
  • On Windows: %APPDATA%/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
"mcpServers": {
  "Perplexity": {
    "command": "uvx",
    "args": [
      "mcp-server-perplexity"
    ],
    "env": {
      "PERPLEXITY_API_KEY": "your-perplexity-api-key"
    }
  }
}

Frequently asked questions

What is MCP Server Perplexity?

Interact with the Perplexity API.

How do I install MCP Server Perplexity?

Follow the installation steps in its documentation, shown on this page and in its repository.

Is MCP Server Perplexity open source?

Yes. Its code is on GitHub under the MIT license.

Who maintains MCP Server Perplexity?

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

From the community awesome-mcp-servers lists and the project's GitHub repository. Listing is not an endorsement: review a server's code and permissions before giving it access to your data.