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Perplexity
Perplexity's Sonar search, ask, research and reasoning inside your agent.
- Transport
- Local (stdio)
- Status
- Official · Perplexity
- Auth method
- Perplexity API keyPERPLEXITY_API_KEY
- Scopes / permissions
- Not documented
- Last verified
- Oct 15, 2026
- Tools listed
- 04
§1What it does
Perplexity's official MCP server exposes its Search API and Sonar models for web-grounded answers and deep research. Available locally via npm or as a hosted HTTP endpoint.
§2Setup
claude mcp add perplexity --env PERPLEXITY_API_KEY="your_key_here" -- npx -y @perplexity-ai/mcp-serverSnippets adapted from the official documentation. Check the official page for current options and auth requirements.
§3Prompts to try
- “Research the competitive landscape for MCP directories.”
- “What's the latest stable Next.js version?”
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