Mcp Server Perplexity

Name: Mcp Server Perplexity
Author: tanigami

by tanigami

92 1 tool GitHub

No known CVEs

MIT license

Stale

Last commit 521d ago

Works with most clients

Transport: stdio, http

1 tool · ~46 tok

Grade A · 0.0% of 200K ctx

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Step 1

Install in your client

Config is the same across clients — only the file and path differ.

Supported in Claude Desktopstdio, http · Node 18+

Paste into ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-server-perplexity": {
      "command": "<see-readme>",
      "args": []
    }
  }
}

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What Mcp Server Perplexity does

The Claude Desktop client may timeout if Perplexity processing takes too long > - This issue might be resolved if Claude Desktop implements support for long running operations and progress reporting in the future > - Implementation updates to handle these features will be made if they become available

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is Mcp Server Perplexity safe to use?: Mcp Server Perplexity has no known CVEs as of the latest MCPpedia security scan. It does not require authentication, so any local process can connect — keep this in mind in shared environments. Licensed under MIT.
How do I install Mcp Server Perplexity?: Mcp Server Perplexity can be installed by cloning its GitHub repository and following the setup instructions in the README.
What can Mcp Server Perplexity do?: Mcp Server Perplexity provides 1 tool: ask_perplexity. See the full tools list on the server page for descriptions and parameters.
What AI clients work with Mcp Server Perplexity?: Mcp Server Perplexity is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio and http transport.
Is Mcp Server Perplexity actively maintained?: Mcp Server Perplexity is not actively maintained — last commit was 521 days ago. It has 92 GitHub stars.

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Perplexity MCP Server

MCP Server for the Perplexity API.

:warning: Limitations:

The Claude Desktop client may timeout if Perplexity processing takes too long
This issue might be resolved if Claude Desktop implements support for long running operations and progress reporting in the future
Implementation updates to handle these features will be made if they become available

Quickstart

Install

Claude Desktop

On macOS: ~/Library/Application\ Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

On Windows: %APPDATA%/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

"mcpServers": { "Perplexity": { "command": "uvx", "args": [ "mcp-server-perplexity" ], "env": { "PERPLEXITY_API_KEY": "your-perplexity-api-key" } } }

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Mcp Server Perplexity safe to use?

Mcp Server Perplexity has no known CVEs as of the latest MCPpedia security scan. It does not require authentication, so any local process can connect — keep this in mind in shared environments. Licensed under MIT.

How do I install Mcp Server Perplexity?

Mcp Server Perplexity can be installed by cloning its GitHub repository and following the setup instructions in the README.

What can Mcp Server Perplexity do?

Mcp Server Perplexity provides 1 tool: ask_perplexity. See the full tools list on the server page for descriptions and parameters.

What AI clients work with Mcp Server Perplexity?

Mcp Server Perplexity is compatible with claude-desktop, cursor, claude-code. It uses stdio and http transport.

Is Mcp Server Perplexity actively maintained?

Mcp Server Perplexity is not actively maintained — last commit was 521 days ago. It has 92 GitHub stars.

Perplexity MCP Server

MCP Server for the Perplexity API.

:warning: Limitations:

The Claude Desktop client may timeout if Perplexity processing takes too long

This issue might be resolved if Claude Desktop implements support for long running operations and progress reporting in the future

Implementation updates to handle these features will be made if they become available

Components

Tools

ask_perplexity: Request chat completion with citations from Perplexity

Quickstart

Install

Claude Desktop

On macOS: ~/Library/Application\ Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
On Windows: %APPDATA%/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

"mcpServers": {
  "Perplexity": {
    "command": "uvx",
    "args": [
      "mcp-server-perplexity"
    ],
    "env": {
      "PERPLEXITY_API_KEY": "your-perplexity-api-key"
    }
  }
}