Perplexity MCP server (official)

MCP server

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Web-grounded answers, deep research and reasoning from Perplexity's Sonar models, plus raw search results.

Perplexity's server exposes tools for quick web search results, conversational answers with citations, deep multi-source research and step-by-step reasoning, using Perplexity's Sonar API. It needs a Perplexity API key and usage is billed per request, with deep research costing the most. Good when you want a researched, cited answer rather than a list of links.

Try asking:

"Do a deep research report on European heat pump subsidies in 2026, with sources."
"What is the latest stable version of PostgreSQL and what's new in it?"
"Compare the pricing of the three biggest vector database services."

Sign-in: an API key or token (set it in the install snippet below).

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PERPLEXITY_API_KEY

Add to Cursor

Or add to .cursor/mcp.json (project) or ~/.cursor/mcp.json (everywhere)

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "perplexity": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@perplexity-ai/mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PERPLEXITY_API_KEY": "YOUR_PERPLEXITY_API_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}

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Perplexity MCP server (official)

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