This MCP server integrates Perplexity AI's powerful search API with MCP clients like Claude Desktop, allowing web searches with fine-tuned parameters, including recency, model selection, and response controls. It supports advanced features such as citation inclusion, image results, streaming responses, and model options, making it ideal for developers and AI enthusiasts needing detailed search customization.
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May 10 2025
This MCP server integrates Perplexity AI's powerful search API with MCP clients like Claude Desktop, allowing web searches with fine-tuned parameters, including recency, model selection, and response controls. It supports advanced features such as citation inclusion, image results, streaming responses, and model options, making it ideal for developers and AI enthusiasts needing detailed search customization.
Added on:
Created by:
May 10 2025
Josh Schuller
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What is Perplexity MCP Server?
The Perplexity MCP Server acts as an intermediary for MCP clients, providing comprehensive access to Perplexity AI's web search capabilities through a robust API interface. It supports all Perplexity API parameters, enabling users to filter results by recency, choose specific models, and adjust response attributes like temperature and token limits. Additional features include citations, images, streaming responses, and model selection, which help tailor the search experience. This setup is suitable for developers who want to embed precise search functionality into their applications or AI workflows, ensuring high flexibility and control over search behaviors and output quality.
Who will use Perplexity MCP Server?
- Developers
- AI researchers
- Chatbot integrators
- Automation enthusiasts
- Technical solution providers
How to use the Perplexity MCP Server?
- Step1: Install the MCP server via npm or from source
- Step2: Configure the server with your Perplexity API key and desired settings
- Step3: Launch the MCP server
- Step4: Connect MCP clients like Claude Desktop to the server
- Step5: Initiate web searches by sending queries through the MCP client with optional parameters
Perplexity MCP Server's Core Features & Benefits
The Core Features
- Full Perplexity API support
- Recency filtering
- Advanced search parameters
- Citation and image inclusion
- Streaming response support
- Model selection
The Benefits
- Fine-grained control over search results
- Customizable search behavior
- Integration with MCP clients
- Enhanced search result relevance
- Support for multimedia content
Perplexity MCP Server's Main Use Cases & Applications
- Automated web information retrieval
- Enhancing chatbots with real-time search
- Custom search engines with precise filtering
- Research data collection from latest web sources
- Content curation and information monitoring
FAQs of Perplexity MCP Server
Developer
- jschuller
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