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Perplexity MCP server

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An MCP server that connects to Perplexity's Sonar API, enabling real-time web-wide research in conversational AI.

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01Tools · 0

Tools require a live tools/list handshake. For local/stdio servers that runs in a sandbox (gated off until configured); remote servers are probed directly.

02Install & source

npx -y @perplexity-ai/mcp-server

npx

repohttps://github.com/ppl-ai/modelcontextprotocol
homepagehttps://docs.perplexity.ai/guides/mcp-server
licenseMIT
adoption2443 stars · 366 forks

05Provenance & freshness

sourcesAwesome MCP Servers (wong2) [p6]

last_checked2026-08-16 19:20Z

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