Schema | Perplexity API Platform MCP Server

Perplexity API Platform MCP Server

Describes the environment variables required to run the server.

Name	Required	Description	Default
`PORT`	No	HTTP server port (for HTTP server deployment)	8080
`HTTP_PROXY`	No	Standard HTTP proxy environment variable (alternative to PERPLEXITY_PROXY)
`HTTPS_PROXY`	No	Standard HTTPS proxy environment variable (alternative to PERPLEXITY_PROXY)
`BIND_ADDRESS`	No	Network interface to bind to (for HTTP server deployment)	0.0.0.0
`ALLOWED_ORIGINS`	No	CORS origins, comma-separated (for HTTP server deployment)	*
`PERPLEXITY_PROXY`	No	Proxy URL for corporate networks (e.g., https://your-proxy-host:8080 or https://username:password@your-proxy-host:8080)
`PERPLEXITY_API_KEY`	Yes	Your Perplexity API key from the API Portal
`PERPLEXITY_LOG_LEVEL`	No	Log level: DEBUG, INFO, WARN, or ERROR	ERROR
`PERPLEXITY_TIMEOUT_MS`	No	Timeout in milliseconds (default: 5 minutes)	300000

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`	{ "listChanged": true }

Functions exposed to the LLM to take actions

Name	Description
perplexity_askB	Engages in a conversation using the Sonar API. Accepts an array of messages (each with a role and content) and returns a chat completion response from the Perplexity model.
perplexity_researchB	Performs deep research using the Perplexity API. Accepts an array of messages (each with a role and content) and returns a comprehensive research response with citations.
perplexity_reasonB	Performs reasoning tasks using the Perplexity API. Accepts an array of messages (each with a role and content) and returns a well-reasoned response using the sonar-reasoning-pro model.
perplexity_searchA	Performs web search using the Perplexity Search API. Returns ranked search results with titles, URLs, snippets, and metadata. Perfect for finding up-to-date facts, news, or specific information.

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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