MIT License
Allows access to Perplexity API for chat completion with citations through the ask_perplexity tool
Perplexity MCP Server
MCP Server for the Perplexity API.
:warning: Limitations:
The Claude Desktop client may timeout if Perplexity processing takes too long
This issue might be resolved if Claude Desktop implements support for long running operations and progress reporting in the future
Implementation updates to handle these features will be made if they become available
Components
Tools
ask_perplexity: Request chat completion with citations from Perplexity
Quickstart
Install
Claude Desktop
On macOS:
~/Library/Application\ Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.jsonOn Windows:
%APPDATA%/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
"mcpServers": {
"Perplexity": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"mcp-server-perplexity"
],
"env": {
"PERPLEXITY_API_KEY": "your-perplexity-api-key"
}
}
}
remote-capable server
The server can be hosted and run remotely because it primarily relies on remote services or has no dependency on the local environment.
Tools
Interacting with Perplexity API.
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