Perplexity MCP Server
import { Server } from "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/server/index.js";
import { StdioServerTransport } from "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/server/stdio.js";
import {
CallToolRequestSchema,
ListToolsRequestSchema,
ErrorCode,
McpError
} from "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/types.js";
const server = new Server(
{
name: "perplexity-search",
version: "1.0.0"
},
{
capabilities: {
tools: {
perplexity_search: {
name: "perplexity_search",
description: "Search the web using Perplexity AI",
inputSchema: {
type: "object",
properties: {
query: {
type: "string",
description: "The search query"
}
},
required: ["query"]
}
}
}
}
}
);
// Handle tool listing
server.setRequestHandler(ListToolsRequestSchema, async () => {
return {
tools: [
{
name: "perplexity_search",
description: "Search the web using Perplexity AI",
inputSchema: {
type: "object",
properties: {
query: {
type: "string",
description: "The search query"
}
},
required: ["query"]
}
}
]
};
});
// Handle tool execution
server.setRequestHandler(CallToolRequestSchema, async (request) => {
if (request.params.name === "perplexity_search") {
const apiKey = process.env.PERPLEXITY_API_KEY;
if (!apiKey) {
throw new McpError(
ErrorCode.InvalidRequest,
"PERPLEXITY_API_KEY environment variable is not set"
);
}
const args = request.params.arguments;
if (!args || typeof args.query !== "string") {
throw new McpError(
ErrorCode.InvalidParams,
"Query parameter is required and must be a string"
);
}
try {
const response = await fetch(
"https://api.perplexity.ai/chat/completions",
{
method: "POST",
headers: {
Authorization: `Bearer ${apiKey}`,
"Content-Type": "application/json"
},
body: JSON.stringify({
model: "sonar-pro",
messages: [
{
role: "user",
content: args.query
}
]
})
}
);
if (!response.ok) {
throw new Error(`HTTP error! status: ${response.status}`);
}
const data = await response.json();
return {
content: [
{
type: "text",
text: data.choices[0].message.content
}
]
};
} catch (error) {
const errorMessage =
error instanceof Error ? error.message : String(error);
throw new McpError(
ErrorCode.InternalError,
`Search failed: ${errorMessage}`
);
}
}
throw new McpError(ErrorCode.MethodNotFound, "Tool not found");
});
// Start the server
const transport = new StdioServerTransport();
await server.connect(transport);
console.error("Perplexity MCP server running on stdio");