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Perplexity MCP

Name: Perplexity MCP
Author: perplexityai

The official MCP server implementation for the Perplexity API Platform

Checked 2026-10-30

Install

Cursor / Claude Desktop (mcpServers JSON)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "perplexity": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@perplexity-ai/mcp-server"],
      "env": {
        "PERPLEXITY_API_KEY": "your_key_here"
      }
    }
  }
}

Claude Code

claude mcp add --transport http perplexity https://api.perplexity.ai/mcp --header "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"

Replace placeholder paths and keys with your own. Never paste real secrets into shared configs.

Verification note

Config snippet copied verbatim from the official README on 2026-10-30. Not run by Stack Registry.

Official README ↗Website ↗

Repo: perplexityai/modelcontextprotocol
Maintainer: perplexityai
Stars: ★ 2.6k
Commit: 2026-10-21
License: MIT
Auth: API key
Tags: search research answers

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