MCP server · Perplexity
Perplexity API Platform MCP Server
⚠ No independent security audit: entries summarize official sources only. Review permissions and code before installing.
- Type
- MCP server
- Tasks
- Library docs & research
- Compatible agents
- Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, VS Code, Claude Desktop, Kiro, Windsurf (source: clients with install buttons, commands or config locations in the official README (perplexityai/modelcontextprotocol))
- Verdict
- Pick it for cited, up-to-date web answers and deep research inside the agent; reserve perplexity_research for big questions, since it is slower and costs more.
- Permissions
- Sends your prompts to Perplexity's API: perplexity_search (web results), perplexity_ask, perplexity_reason and perplexity_research (Agent API presets; research runs can take minutes). Usage is billed to your API key.
- Credentials
- Perplexity API key from console.perplexity.ai (Bearer header on the remote server, PERPLEXITY_API_KEY for the local server).
- Maintenance
- Official repo perplexityai/modelcontextprotocol; no GitHub release, npm @perplexity-ai/mcp-server 1.3.0 on 2026-09-25; last push 2026-10-21; hosted at https://api.perplexity.ai/mcp
- License
- MIT
- Install
- Remote: connect to https://api.perplexity.ai/mcp with your API key. Claude Code: `claude mcp add --transport http perplexity https://api.perplexity.ai/mcp --header "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"`. Local: `npx -y @perplexity-ai/mcp-server` with PERPLEXITY_API_KEY (Codex: `codex mcp add perplexity --env PERPLEXITY_API_KEY=... -- npx -y @perplexity-ai/mcp-server`). Official install docs ↗
- Source
- https://github.com/perplexityai/modelcontextprotocol
- Verified on
- 2026-10-24
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