Perplexity

Provides Perplexity-powered chat completions with citations via an MCP client.

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Documentation & install

Readme and setup notes from the catalogue, plus a client-ready config you can copy for your MCP host.

Installation

Add the following to your MCP client configuration file.

Configuration

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{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-mirror-tanigami_mcp-server-perplexity": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-server-perplexity"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PERPLEXITY_API_KEY": "your-perplexity-api-key"
      }
    }
  }
}

The Perplexity MCP Server lets you connect your Perplexity API-backed assistant to an MCP client, so you can request chat completions with citations and manage it through a lightweight local or remote bridge. It enables you to use Perplexity-powered responses within MCP workflows while keeping your API key secure and separated from your client.

How to use

You use an MCP client to talk to the Perplexity MCP Server. The server acts as an intermediary that forwards your chat completion requests to Perplexity and returns the results, including citations. Keep your Perplexity API key secure and supply it to the server configuration. When you start requests, the MCP client will route them through the configured server without needing to handle Perplexity-specific details.

How to install

Prerequisites: you need Claude Desktop installed on your computer. Install steps below assume Claude Desktop exists and can be configured with an MCP server.

Locate Claude Desktop configuration file. On macOS the path is ~/Library/Application\ Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json and on Windows it is %APPDATA%/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json.

"mcpServers": {
  "Perplexity": {
    "command": "uvx",
    "args": [
      "mcp-server-perplexity"
    ],
    "env": {
      "PERPLEXITY_API_KEY": "your-perplexity-api-key"
    }
  }
}

Additional content

Notes and limitations: The Claude Desktop client may timeout if Perplexity processing takes too long. This can be mitigated by Claude Desktop implementing long-running operation support and progress reporting in the future. Keep this in mind when designing long chat interactions.

Available tools

ask_perplexity

Request chat completion with citations from Perplexity