Community MCP server for Perplexity AI search. Agents can perform AI-powered web searches that return cited, synthesized answers with source references. Provides real-time information access with LLM-quality summaries. Useful for research agents that need comprehensive, well-cited answers to complex questions without parsing raw search results.
npx -y perplexity-mcp
{
"mcpServers": {
"perplexity": {
"env": {
"PERPLEXITY_API_KEY": "your-api-key"
},
"args": [
"-y",
"perplexity-mcp"
],
"command": "npx"
}
}
}Search with Perplexity AI
{
"type": "object",
"required": [
"query"
],
"properties": {
"query": {
"type": "string"
}
}
}// Input
{
"query": "What is MCP protocol?"
}// Output
{
"answer": "MCP is Model Context Protocol...",
"sources": [
"anthropic.com"
]
}Community MCP server for Perplexity AI search. Agents can perform AI-powered web searches that return cited, synthesized answers with source references. Provides real-time information access with LLM-quality summaries. Useful for research agents that need comprehensive, well-cited answers to complex questions without parsing raw search results.
Perplexity provides 1 tools including search.
Perplexity offers a free tier with 100 calls per month. For higher usage, paid plans start at €0/month.
You can install Perplexity using the following command: npx -y perplexity-mcp. After installation, add the provided config snippet to your Claude Desktop or Cursor configuration.
Perplexity is listed under the AI & Machine Learning category in the AgentForge MCP registry.
Perplexity has a current uptime of 99.82% with an average response time of 1500ms.
To connect Perplexity, click the "Connect Agent" button on this page to get the configuration snippet. Add it to your MCP client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, or any MCP-compatible tool). Your AI agent will then have access to all of Perplexity's tools via the Model Context Protocol.