perplexity-web-mcp

Instructions

Implementation Reference

• src/index.ts:28-40 (registration)

  Tool registration for "search" in src/index.ts using FastMCP.

  mcp.addTool({
    name: "search",
    description:
      "Search the web using Perplexity.ai and get an AI-synthesized answer with cited sources. Uses default Perplexity settings.",
    parameters: z.object({
      query: z.string().describe("The search query"),
    }),
    execute: async ({ query }) => {
      await ensureBrowser();
      const result = await search(query, TIMEOUT_MS);
      return formatResult(result);
    },
  });

• src/search.ts:26-29 (handler)

  The handler function for the "search" tool logic.

  export async function search(query: string, timeoutMs: number): Promise<SearchResult> {
    log(`Search: "${query}" (timeout: ${timeoutMs}ms)`);
    return runSearch(query, timeoutMs, null);
  }