A minimalist research server implementing the Model Context Protocol (MCP) to deliver AI-powered research capabilities through Perplexity's web interface.
perplexity-mcp-server is an MCP project maintained in the wysh3/perplexity-mcp-server repository. The maintainer describes its purpose as “A minimalist research server implementing the Model Context Protocol (MCP) to deliver AI-powered research capabilities through Perplexity's web interface”. Read the project documentation for the complete scope.
The project provides a local client configuration using bun. Follow the repository’s build and installation steps before copying it, and replace example paths with the paths on your own computer.
Project documentation · Repository · Discovery listing. This profile records the public documentation checked on 2026-10-08.
{
"mcpServers": {
"perplexity-server": {
"command": "bun",
"args": [
"/absolute/path/to/build/main.js"
],
"timeout": 300
}
}
}From the project documentation. Replace placeholders and example paths before connecting.
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