# Mcp Perplexity Server

> A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for intelligent code analysis and debugging using Perplexity AI’s API, seamlessly integrated with the Claude desktop client.

- **Type:** MCP server
- **Install:** `agentstack add mcp-joewilsonai-mcp-perplexity-server`
- **Verified:** Yes — security-reviewed for prompt injection and unsafe behavior
- **Seller:** [joewilsonai](https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/joewilsonai)
- **Installs:** 0
- **Category:** [Search](https://agentstack.voostack.com/c/search)
- **Latest version:** 0.1.0
- **License:** MIT
- **Upstream author:** [joewilsonai](https://github.com/joewilsonai)
- **Source:** https://github.com/joewilsonai/mcp-perplexity-server
- **Website:** https://github.com/PoliTwit1984/mcp-perplexity-server/blob/main/README.md

## Install

```sh
agentstack add mcp-joewilsonai-mcp-perplexity-server
```

Requires the [AgentStack CLI](https://agentstack.voostack.com/docs/cli). Works with Claude Code, Cursor, and any MCP-compatible agent.

## About

# 🔍 Perplexity MCP Server

**Perplexity-backed code analysis and debugging — straight from your Claude conversation.**

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that lets Claude (or any MCP client) ask Perplexity AI for code analysis, error explanations, and debugging help.

[](https://modelcontextprotocol.io)
[](https://github.com/joewilsonai/mcp-perplexity-server/stargazers)
[](https://nodejs.org)
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## Features

- 🐛 **Intelligent Error Analysis** — Root-cause breakdown of coding errors
- 🔬 **Pattern Detection** — Recognizes common error patterns and provides targeted solutions
- ✅ **Comprehensive Solutions** — Step-by-step fixes with multiple implementation alternatives
- 📚 **Best Practices** — Coding standards and error-prevention tips
- 🐍 **Python Support** — Specialized handling of Python type errors and common issues

## Example usage

Ask Claude:

> *"Fix this TypeError in my Python code"*
> *"What's causing this error message?"*
> *"How do I fix this code?"*

Include your code snippet:

```python
def calculate_total(items):
    total = 0
    for item in items:
        total = total + item['price']  # TypeError: string + int

data = [
    {'name': 'Book', 'price': '10'},
    {'name': 'Pen', 'price': '2'}
]

result = calculate_total(data)
```

The server returns:

1. **Root-cause analysis** of the error
2. **Step-by-step solution** with code examples
3. **Best practices** to prevent the same issue
4. **Alternative implementations**

## Install

### From npm (recommended)

```bash
npm install -g mcp-perplexity-server
```

### From source

```bash
git clone https://github.com/joewilsonai/mcp-perplexity-server
cd mcp-perplexity-server
npm install
npm run build
```

## Configure in Claude Desktop

Edit `claude_desktop_config.json`:

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "perplexity": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": ["/absolute/path/to/mcp-perplexity-server/build/index.js"],
      "env": {
        "PERPLEXITY_API_KEY": "your-perplexity-api-key"
      }
    }
  }
}
```

Get a Perplexity API key at [perplexity.ai/settings/api](https://perplexity.ai/settings/api).

## Prerequisites

- **Node.js 18 or higher**
- **A Perplexity AI API key**

## Stack

- **TypeScript** + **Node.js 18+**
- **@modelcontextprotocol/sdk**
- **Perplexity API**

## Related MCP servers

- 🧠 **[second-opinion-mcp-server](https://github.com/joewilsonai/second-opinion-mcp-server)** (⭐ 16) — Multi-source: Gemini + Perplexity + Stack Overflow
- 🐙 **[github-meta-mcp-server](https://github.com/joewilsonai/github-meta-mcp-server)** — Natural-language GitHub repo management

## License

MIT

## Source & license

This open-source MCP server is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.

- **Author:** [joewilsonai](https://github.com/joewilsonai)
- **Source:** [joewilsonai/mcp-perplexity-server](https://github.com/joewilsonai/mcp-perplexity-server)
- **License:** MIT
- **Homepage:** https://github.com/PoliTwit1984/mcp-perplexity-server/blob/main/README.md

Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.

## Pricing

- **Free** — Free

## Security capabilities

Automated source analysis of v0.1.0 — what this tool can access:

- **Network access:** no
- **Filesystem access:** no
- **Shell / process execution:** no
- **Environment & secrets:** no
- **Dynamic code execution:** no

*"Yes" means the capability is present in the source — more access means more to trust, not that it is unsafe.*


## Versions

- **0.1.0** — security scan: passed — Imported from the upstream source.

## Links

- Listing page: https://agentstack.voostack.com/l/mcp-joewilsonai-mcp-perplexity-server
- Seller: https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/joewilsonai
- Browse the marketplace: https://agentstack.voostack.com/browse

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