MCP SERVER

Perplexity MCP Server

Perplexity MCP server for real-time web search, reasoning and research through the Perplexity API.

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About Perplexity MCP Server

Perplexity MCP server for real-time web search, reasoning and research through the Perplexity API. The observed Official MCP Registry record provides its connection details.

What you can do

Web search
Research

How to connect

What is the endpoint and how does it run?

Runs locally from the npm package @perplexity-ai/mcp-server (version 1.2.1) over stdio.

Does it need authentication?

An API key issued by the publisher is required.

How do I add Perplexity MCP Server to Claude Code, Cursor or Claude Desktop?

One command, any client (npm)

npx ruagentic add perplexity-mcp

Claude Code

claude mcp add perplexity -- npx -y @perplexity-ai/mcp-server

Cursor, Claude Desktop and other clients (JSON config)

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

Snippets are generated from the published package name; the server name perplexity is only a label you can change. Add the credentials the publisher documents.

Project website Documentation Source repository

Published packages

npm@perplexity-ai/mcp-server @ 1.2.1

Questions and answers

What is Perplexity MCP Server?

Perplexity MCP Server is an MCP server in the Search & research category. Perplexity MCP server for real-time web search, reasoning and research through the Perplexity API.

How do I connect to Perplexity MCP Server?

Runs locally from the npm package @perplexity-ai/mcp-server (version 1.2.1) over stdio. The listing page has ready-made snippets for Claude Code, Cursor and Claude Desktop.

Does Perplexity MCP Server need authentication?

An API key issued by the publisher is required.

What can Perplexity MCP Server do?

According to the published details: Web search; Research.

Where is Perplexity MCP Server published?

Its homepage is https://docs.perplexity.ai/guides/mcp-server and its source repository is https://github.com/perplexityai/modelcontextprotocol. RUAGENTIC read these details from Official MCP Registry on September 8, 2026 and did not install or run the project.

Sources and checks

View the source

Registry name: ai.perplexity/mcp-server
Published version: 1.2.1

Source information collected September 8, 2026.

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