Perplexity MCP
Server Configuration
Describes the environment variables required to run the server.
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| PERPLEXITY_COOKIES | No | Inline JSON string of Perplexity cookies. | |
| PERPLEXITY_COOKIES_PATH | No | Path to a JSON file containing Perplexity cookies. |
Instructions
Guidance the server publishes about itself, which clients place ahead of the tool catalog so the model reads it before choosing anything.
This server publishes no instructions, or was last inspected before Glama recorded them.
Capabilities
Features and capabilities supported by this server
Protocol revision2025-11-25
| Capability | Details |
|---|---|
| tools | {
"listChanged": false
} |
| prompts | {
"listChanged": false
} |
| resources | {
"subscribe": false,
"listChanged": false
} |
| experimental | {} |
Tools
Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| searchB | Search Perplexity AI with the given query. Args: query: The search query string mode: Search mode - 'auto', 'pro', 'reasoning', or 'deep_research' model: Specific model to use (depends on mode): - auto: None - pro: None, 'sonar', 'gpt-4.5', 'gpt-4o', 'claude 3.7 sonnet', 'gemini 2.0 flash', 'grok-2' - reasoning: None, 'r1', 'o3-mini', 'claude 3.7 sonnet' - deep_research: None sources: List of sources to use - 'web', 'scholar', 'social' answer_only: If True, return only answer and backend_uuid. If False, also include sources and related_queries. language: Language code (ISO 639, e.g., 'en-US') incognito: Whether to enable incognito mode Returns: Dictionary with 'answer' and 'backend_uuid'. If answer_only=False, also includes 'sources' and 'related_queries'. |
| follow_upA | Send a follow-up query to continue a previous conversation. Args: query: The follow-up query string backend_uuid: The backend_uuid from the previous response mode: Search mode - 'auto', 'pro', 'reasoning', or 'deep_research' model: Specific model to use (see search tool for options) answer_only: If True, return only answer and backend_uuid. If False, also include sources and related_queries. Returns: Dictionary with 'answer' and 'backend_uuid'. If answer_only=False, also includes 'sources' and 'related_queries'. |
| list_threadsC | List conversation threads from Perplexity AI. Args: limit: Maximum number of threads to return (default 10) search_term: Optional search term to filter threads Returns: Dictionary containing list of threads with their metadata |
| get_threadA | Get details of a specific thread by its slug. Args: slug: The thread slug (identifier from thread URL or list_threads) Returns: Dictionary containing thread details including all messages |
Prompts
Interactive templates invoked by user choice
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
No prompts | |
Resources
Contextual data attached and managed by the client
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
No resources | |
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