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Perplexity Web-Search MCP

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Server Configuration

Describes the environment variables required to run the server.

NameRequiredDescriptionDefault
PERPLEXITY_API_KEYYesYour Perplexity API key

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

CapabilityDetails
tools
{
  "listChanged": false
}
prompts
{
  "listChanged": false
}
resources
{
  "subscribe": false,
  "listChanged": false
}
experimental
{}

Tools

Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions

NameDescription
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

NameDescription

No prompts

Resources

Contextual data attached and managed by the client

NameDescription

No resources

Deploy Server
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TDQS

B3.2/5.0

Scored across 2 tools

Disambiguation5/5

The two tools are clearly distinct: one for general web search and one for academic sources. Their purposes do not overlap.

Naming Consistency5/5

Both tools follow a consistent 'web_search' prefix, with '_academic' clearly indicating the variant. The naming pattern is uniform.

Tool Count2/5

Only 2 tools for a web search MCP seems too few for comprehensive coverage. Most search APIs have more specialized endpoints (news, images, etc.) or additional functionalities.

Completeness2/5

The set covers only general and academic search. Missing obvious categories like news, image, or video search, and lacks any result handling or refinement tools.

Maintenance

ActivityInactive
ResponsivenessNo issues

Resources