Schema | perplexity-mcp-server

perplexity-mcp-server

Describes the environment variables required to run the server.

Name	Required	Description	Default
`LOG_DIR`	No	Directory for file-based logging (only used if LOG_TO_STDERR is false)	./logs
`MAX_HISTORY`	No	Maximum number of messages per session	20
`LOG_TO_STDERR`	No	Log to stderr (recommended for npx/MCP usage)	true
`DISABLE_LOGGING`	No	Disable all logging	false
`SESSION_TIMEOUT`	No	Session timeout in seconds (default 30 minutes)	1800
`PERPLEXITY_MODEL`	No	Model to use: sonar, sonar-pro, sonar-reasoning	sonar
`PERPLEXITY_API_KEY`	Yes	Your Perplexity API key (required)
`ENABLE_CONVERSATIONS`	No	Enable session management for multi-turn conversations	true

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.

Features and capabilities supported by this server

Protocol revision2025-11-25

Capability	Details
`tools`	{}

Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions

Name	Description
queryA	Query Perplexity AI with a prompt. Specialized for web search with citations, sources, and related questions. Supports multi-turn conversations when sessionId is provided. Returns rich metadata (citations, sources, images, related questions).
searchB	Search for information using Perplexity. Returns a list of relevant search results. Follows OpenAI MCP specification for search tools.
fetchA	Fetch the full contents of a search result document by its ID. Follows OpenAI MCP specification for fetch tools.

Interactive templates invoked by user choice

Name	Description
No prompts

Contextual data attached and managed by the client

Name	Description
No resources

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