perplexity_models
Discover and list available Perplexity AI models with detailed descriptions to streamline integration and selection for AI-powered tasks and queries.
Instructions
List available Perplexity models with descriptions (2025 correct models)
Input Schema
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Implementation Reference
- index.js:760-770 (handler)Handler for the 'perplexity_models' tool. Returns an object containing the list of available Perplexity models, a note about the models, and the version.case "perplexity_models": return { content: [{ type: "object", data: { models: nascoderMCP.models, note: "These are the CORRECT 2025 Perplexity API models. Previous versions had incorrect model names.", version: "2.0.0" } }] };
- index.js:693-700 (registration)Registration of the 'perplexity_models' tool in the TOOLS array, including name, description, and input schema.name: "perplexity_models", description: "List available Perplexity models with descriptions (2025 correct models)", inputSchema: { type: "object", properties: {}, required: [] } }
- index.js:695-699 (schema)Input schema for the 'perplexity_models' tool, which requires no parameters.inputSchema: { type: "object", properties: {}, required: [] }
- index.js:167-181 (helper)The models dictionary in the NascoderPerplexityMCP class, which provides the data returned by the 'perplexity_models' tool.this.models = { // Search Models (with web search) 'sonar-pro': 'Advanced search offering with grounding, supporting complex queries and follow-ups (200k context)', 'sonar': 'Lightweight, cost-effective search model with grounding (128k context)', // Research Models (deep analysis) 'sonar-deep-research': 'Expert-level research model conducting exhaustive searches and generating comprehensive reports (128k context)', // Reasoning Models (complex problem solving) 'sonar-reasoning-pro': 'Premier reasoning offering powered by DeepSeek R1 with Chain of Thought (CoT) (128k context)', 'sonar-reasoning': 'Fast, real-time reasoning model designed for quick problem-solving with search (128k context)', // Offline Models (no web search) 'r1-1776': 'A version of DeepSeek R1 post-trained for uncensored, unbiased, and factual information (128k context)' };