An MCP server that connects to Perplexity's Sonar API, enabling real-time web-wide research in conversational AI.
An MCP server that connects to Perplexity's Sonar API, enabling real-time web-wide research in conversational AI.
The official MCP server implementation for the Perplexity API Platform, providing AI assistants with real-time web search, reasoning, and research capabilities through the Agent API and the Search API.
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| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| perplexity_search | |
| perplexity_ask | |
| perplexity_research | |
| perplexity_reason |
{
"mcpServers": {
"perplexity": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@perplexity-ai/mcp-server"
],
"env": {
"PERPLEXITY_API_KEY": "YOUR_PERPLEXITY_API_KEY"
}
}
}
}From the project documentation. Replace placeholders and example paths before connecting.
| Variable | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|
| PERPLEXITY_API_KEY | Declared in the maintainer’s client configuration. | Yes |
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