# perplexityai/modelcontextprotocol

The official MCP server implementation for the Perplexity API Platform

Repository: https://github.com/perplexityai/modelcontextprotocol
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/modelcontextprotocol
Homepage: https://docs.perplexity.ai/guides/mcp-server
Language: TypeScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-08-25T20:42:18+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 64/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 35, longevity 38
- inputs: {"age_days": 541, "days_push": 8, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2478, forks 368 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:55.176708+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: service
- maturity: active
- function: mcp, search-engine, llm-inference, rag, agent-framework
- domain: artificial-intelligence, large-language-models, developer-tools
- platform: cli, self-hosted, cross-platform
- tags: perplexity, mcp-server, web-search, ai-assistants, remote-mcp, stdio, api-integration, search, ai-agents, retrieval-augmented-generation, nodejs, web-server

## Member repositories
- perplexityai/modelcontextprotocol (main) score 64

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:55.176708+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T02:28:18.398652+00:00, confidence not recorded.
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  - homepage: https://docs.perplexity.ai/guides/mcp-server (fetched 2026-08-29T10:10:25.512114+00:00, sha 9b42500a7ccd)
  - site_page: https://docs.perplexity.ai/docs/getting-started/overview (fetched 2026-08-29T10:10:25.521507+00:00, sha 9aec2b29c99a)
  - site_page: https://docs.perplexity.ai/docs/cookbook (fetched 2026-08-29T10:10:25.523385+00:00, sha cfdfe12a9fe7)
  - site_page: https://docs.perplexity.ai/docs/resources/changelog (fetched 2026-08-29T10:10:25.525042+00:00, sha 2a64794d7964)
  - site_page: https://docs.perplexity.ai/docs/getting-started/quickstart (fetched 2026-08-29T10:10:25.527856+00:00, sha e811979509df)
  - site_page: https://docs.perplexity.ai/docs/getting-started/pricing (fetched 2026-08-29T10:10:25.531163+00:00, sha 07c83b89e153)
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  - site_page: https://docs.perplexity.ai/docs/cli/overview (fetched 2026-08-29T10:10:25.535043+00:00, sha dfbee76b19bf)
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- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.