Perplexity MCP Server
by jaacob
Server Configuration
Describes the environment variables required to run the server.
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| PERPLEXITY_MODEL | No | The Perplexity model to use for search. Available options: 'sonar-reasoning-pro', 'sonar-reasoning', 'sonar-pro', 'sonar'. Defaults to 'sonar' if not specified. | sonar |
| PERPLEXITY_API_KEY | Yes | Your Perplexity API key, obtainable from https://www.perplexity.ai/settings/api. |
Schema
Prompts
Interactive templates invoked by user choice
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
No prompts | |
Resources
Contextual data attached and managed by the client
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
No resources | |
Tools
Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| search | Search the web using Perplexity AI |