perplexityai/modelcontextprotocol
The official MCP server implementation for the Perplexity API Platform observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
64/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 38
Flags: no_releases
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 541
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 8
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
2478 stars · 368 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
The official Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for the Perplexity API Platform, exposing real-time web search, reasoning, and research tools to AI assistants via the Agent API and Search API. It can be run locally over stdio via npm or connected to as a hosted remote MCP server at api.perplexity.ai/mcp.
Use cases
- give claude or cursor real-time web search via perplexity
- connect an mcp client to perplexity search api
- add web-grounded answers with citations to my ai coding assistant
- run a local stdio mcp server for perplexity
- let my ai agent do live web research
- integrate perplexity search into vs code copilot agent
- search the web from an llm workflow with citations
When to choose
- you use an MCP-compatible client like Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code, or Claude Code and want Perplexity search and reasoning tools
- you want a zero-install hosted option via the remote MCP endpoint
- you need to pin a specific version or your client only supports stdio servers
When to avoid
- you want to call the Perplexity API directly from application code rather than through an AI assistant tool layer
- you need a general-purpose agent that executes tasks, manages email, or deploys sites (use Perplexity Computer MCP Server instead)
- you need a search API without a Perplexity API key or paid account
Facets
service · maturity active
mcp search-engine llm-inference rag agent-framework artificial-intelligence large-language-models developer-tools cli self-hosted cross-platform perplexity mcp-server web-search ai-assistants remote-mcp stdio api-integration search ai-agents retrieval-augmented-generation nodejs web-server
10 sources
- readme: https://github.com/perplexityai/modelcontextprotocol · fetched 2026-08-28 · 5067b050713a
- homepage: https://docs.perplexity.ai/guides/mcp-server · fetched 2026-08-29 · 9b42500a7ccd
- site_page: https://docs.perplexity.ai/docs/getting-started/overview · fetched 2026-08-29 · 9aec2b29c99a
- site_page: https://docs.perplexity.ai/docs/cookbook · fetched 2026-08-29 · cfdfe12a9fe7
- site_page: https://docs.perplexity.ai/docs/resources/changelog · fetched 2026-08-29 · 2a64794d7964
- site_page: https://docs.perplexity.ai/docs/getting-started/quickstart · fetched 2026-08-29 · e811979509df
- site_page: https://docs.perplexity.ai/docs/getting-started/pricing · fetched 2026-08-29 · 07c83b89e153
- site_page: https://docs.perplexity.ai/docs/getting-started/integrations/computer-mcp-server · fetched 2026-08-29 · 0b4210262dac
- site_page: https://docs.perplexity.ai/docs/cli/overview · fetched 2026-08-29 · dfbee76b19bf
- site_page: https://docs.perplexity.ai/docs/router/quickstart · fetched 2026-08-29 · e9e3a10f25b5
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| perplexityai/modelcontextprotocol | main | 64 |
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