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perplexity-mcp

The official MCP server implementation for the Perplexity API Platform

GitHub ↗registry ↗
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✅ Actively maintained, production-ready

What it does for you

Plugs Perplexity's web-grounded Q&A into your AI — real-time search with cited answers, for research and fact-checking.

Capabilities

  • Real-time web Q&A
  • Return cited results

Once installed, try asking your AI

Say this directly in Claude / Cursor or any client with this server connected

  • ›“Look up the latest best practices for this tech, with sources”

Before you connect

🔑 Needs an API key / tokenNode.jsDocker

Config example (to connect)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "perplexity": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "@perplexity-ai/mcp-server"],
      "env": {
        "PERPLEXITY_API_KEY": "your_key_here"
      }
    }
  }
}

Install / Connect

# No npm package — install from source.
# See the repo's README for the exact command:
# https://github.com/perplexityai/modelcontextprotocol

Follow the official README; env and args vary per server.

🛠️ Maintenance weight 30% · 46 pts

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Last commit36 days ago
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Commits in 90 days3
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Median issue response5 days
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Repo statusNormal

📊 Adoption weight 25% · 60 pts

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GitHub stars2.4k (90d +0%)
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npm weekly downloadsNot npm-distributed
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Releases per month—

✅ Usability weight 20% · 100 pts

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Official registryListed
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Runnable entryResolvable (npx/remote)
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AuditabilityOpen-source repo, auditable

❤️ Health & community weight 25% · 75 pts

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open issues20
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open PRs—
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LicenseMIT
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Contributors / forks16 / 363

Sources: GitHub API · npm registry · Official registry · updated 2026-07-23

90-day trend

⭐ stars +0%

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  • Semantic web search + content (research / competitors)Pick Exa — semantic search plus retrieval
  • Distilled Q&A-style answers, fact-checkingPick Tavily / Perplexity — AI-optimized answers
  • Privacy-focused, general web/news searchPick Brave Search

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