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

Related MCP server: Perplexity Tool for Claude Desktop

Quickstart

Install

Claude Desktop

• On macOS: ~/Library/Application\ Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

• On Windows: %APPDATA%/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

"mcpServers": {
  "Perplexity": {
    "command": "uvx",
    "args": [
      "mcp-server-perplexity"
    ],
    "env": {
      "PERPLEXITY_API_KEY": "your-perplexity-api-key"
    }
  }
}