Perplexity MCP Server
MCP Server for the Perplexity API.
:warning: Limitations:
- The Claude Desktop client may timeout if Perplexity processing takes too long
- This issue might be resolved if Claude Desktop implements support for long running operations and progress reporting in the future
- Implementation updates to handle these features will be made if they become available
Components
Tools
- ask_perplexity: Request chat completion with citations from Perplexity
Quickstart
Install
Claude Desktop
- On macOS:
~/Library/Application\ Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json - On Windows:
%APPDATA%/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
"mcpServers": {
"Perplexity": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"mcp-server-perplexity"
],
"env": {
"PERPLEXITY_API_KEY": "your-perplexity-api-key"
}
}
}