Perplexity MCP Server
Server Configuration
Describes the environment variables required to run the server.
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCP_HOST | No | HTTP bind host. Default: 127.0.0.1 | 127.0.0.1 |
| MCP_PORT | No | HTTP bind port. Default: 8000 | 8000 |
| MCP_TRANSPORT | No | Transport mode: stdio or streamable-http. Default: stdio | stdio |
| PERPLEXITY_RPM | No | Soft client-side requests/minute limit. Default: 30 | 30 |
| PERPLEXITY_API_KEY | Yes | Perplexity API key (required) | |
| PERPLEXITY_MAX_RETRIES | No | Retries on 429/5xx and transport errors. Default: 3 | 3 |
| PERPLEXITY_SEARCH_TIMEOUT | No | Search timeout in seconds. Default: 60 | 60 |
| PERPLEXITY_MAX_CONCURRENCY | No | Max concurrent API calls. Default: 2 | 2 |
| PERPLEXITY_DEEP_RESEARCH_TIMEOUT | No | Deep research timeout in seconds. Default: 180 | 180 |
Capabilities
Server capabilities have not been inspected yet.
Tools
Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
No tools | |
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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