Installation

npx -y perplexity-mcp

Quick Start

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "perplexity": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "perplexity-mcp"],
      "env": { "PERPLEXITY_API_KEY": "your-key" }
    }
  }
}
```

Tools & Capabilities

search

ask

get_citations

follow_up_search

Key Features

Real-time web search with up-to-date results
AI-synthesized answers with cited sources
Conversational follow-up queries
Multiple search modes: quick, detailed, academic
Domain-specific search filtering

Use Cases

Research current events and recent developments
Fact-check claims with cited, verifiable sources
Answer questions requiring information after training cutoff
Academic and technical literature search

Compatibility

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About Perplexity

The Perplexity MCP server provides AI agents with access to Perplexity's real-time web search and reasoning capabilities. Queries return up-to-date information with cited sources, making it ideal for research tasks, fact-checking, and answering questions that require current information beyond the AI's training cutoff.

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