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Perplexity MCP Server

Official Perplexity MCP. Web search, deep research, and reasoning from Claude Code or any MCP client. Four tools: search, ask, research, reason.

Pricing: freemium — MCP server is free and open source (MIT). Perplexity API is pay-per-use. Free credits for new accounts.

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@perplexity-ai/mcp-server

Website

Features

Web search with ranked results and metadata
Quick Q&A via sonar-pro model
Deep research via sonar-deep-research for thorough analysis
Reasoning and problem-solving via sonar-reasoning-pro
Strip thinking tags to save context tokens
Works with Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf, Codex

Setup Instructions

1. Get an API key from the Perplexity API Portal (perplexity.ai/account/api) 2. Add to your MCP config: ``

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

`` 3. Restart your editor and start searching the web from your AI assistant

Added: 2026-02-25