perplexity-mcp

MCP server by jsonallen · ★ 308 · updated 1 year ago

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A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides web search functionality using Perplexity AI's API.

Install perplexity-mcp

Choose your AI client and copy the config.

Add to claude_desktop_config.json — macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/, Windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\. Then restart Claude.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "perplexity-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@smithery/cli",
        "install",
        "perplexity-mcp",
        "--client",
        "claude"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Add to Cursor

Or add to ~/.cursor/mcp.json (global) or .cursor/mcp.json (project).

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "perplexity-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@smithery/cli",
        "install",
        "perplexity-mcp",
        "--client",
        "claude"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Install in VS Code

Or add to .vscode/mcp.json in your workspace.

{
  "servers": {
    "perplexity-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@smithery/cli",
        "install",
        "perplexity-mcp",
        "--client",
        "claude"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Run in your terminal:

claude mcp add perplexity-mcp -- npx -y @smithery/cli install perplexity-mcp --client claude

Run the server directly:

npx -y @smithery/cli install perplexity-mcp --client claude

Before you install: Install command taken from the project README. The README mentions API keys or tokens — you'll likely need to add them as environment variables ("env") in the config.

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