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Perplexity Web-Search MCP

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Server Configuration

Describes the environment variables required to run the server.

Name	Required	Description	Default
`PERPLEXITY_API_KEY`	Yes	Your Perplexity API key

Capabilities

Features and capabilities supported by this server

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

Name	Description
web_searchC	Search the web using Perplexity Sonar API for real-time information. `Args: query: The search query or question to ask Perplexity model: The Perplexity model to use. Options: "sonar", "sonar-pro", "sonar-deep-research", "sonar-reasoning", "sonar-reasoning-pro" (default: "sonar") recency_filter: Time filter for results (e.g., 'week', 'day') city: City name for location-based search country: Two letter ISO country code Returns: str: The search results and answer from Perplexity API`
web_search_academicB	Search academic sources using Perplexity Sonar API for scholarly information. `Args: query: The search query or question to ask Perplexity model: The Perplexity model to use. Options: "sonar", "sonar-pro", "sonar-deep-research", "sonar-reasoning", "sonar-reasoning-pro" (default: "sonar") recency_filter: Time filter for results (e.g., 'week', 'day') city: City name for location-based search country: Two letter ISO country code Returns: str: The search results from academic sources via Perplexity API`

web_searchC

Search the web using Perplexity Sonar API for real-time information.

Args:
    query: The search query or question to ask Perplexity
    model: The Perplexity model to use. Options: "sonar", "sonar-pro", 
           "sonar-deep-research", "sonar-reasoning", "sonar-reasoning-pro"
           (default: "sonar")
    recency_filter: Time filter for results (e.g., 'week', 'day')
    city: City name for location-based search
    country: Two letter ISO country code

Returns:
    str: The search results and answer from Perplexity API

web_search_academicB

Search academic sources using Perplexity Sonar API for scholarly information.

Args:
    query: The search query or question to ask Perplexity
    model: The Perplexity model to use. Options: "sonar", "sonar-pro", 
           "sonar-deep-research", "sonar-reasoning", "sonar-reasoning-pro"
           (default: "sonar")
    recency_filter: Time filter for results (e.g., 'week', 'day')
    city: City name for location-based search
    country: Two letter ISO country code

Returns:
    str: The search results from academic sources via Perplexity API

Prompts

Interactive templates invoked by user choice

Name	Description
No prompts

Resources

Contextual data attached and managed by the client

Name	Description
No resources

Server Configuration
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