Perplexity Sonar MCP Server

An MCP server implementation that brings the power of Perplexity's Sonar models to Claude Desktop and other MCP clients. Unlike traditional MCP servers, this implementation provides access to…

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What is the Perplexity Sonar MCP Server?

Perplexity Sonar MCP Server is an MCP project maintained in the felores/perplexity-sonar-mcp repository. The maintainer describes its purpose as “An MCP server implementation that brings the power of Perplexity's Sonar models to Claude Desktop and other MCP clients. Unlike traditional MCP servers, this implementation…”. Read the project documentation for the complete scope.

Installation

The documented npm package is @felores/perplexity-sonar-mcp. The configuration below comes from the maintainer’s example; adapt its paths and account values to your environment.

Configuration values

The example declares PERPLEXITY_API_KEY. Secret-looking values have been replaced with placeholders. Required and optional labels are shown only when the documentation states them.

Source

Project documentation · Repository · Discovery listing. This profile records the public documentation checked on 2026-10-08.

How to install the Perplexity Sonar MCP Server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "perplexity": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@felores/perplexity-sonar-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PERPLEXITY_API_KEY": "YOUR_PERPLEXITY_API_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}

From the project documentation. Replace placeholders and example paths before connecting.

Configuration

VariableDescriptionRequired
PERPLEXITY_API_KEYDeclared in the maintainer’s client configuration.Check documentation