Install
$ agentstack add mcp-mkusaka-mcp-server-perplexity ✓ scanned · ✓ verified — works with Claude Code, Cursor, and more.
Security review
✓ PassedNo issues found. Passed automated security review. · v0.1.0 How review works →
- ✓ Prompt-injection patterns
- ✓ Secret / credential exfiltration
- ✓ Dangerous shell & filesystem operations
- ✓ Untrusted network calls
- ✓ Known-malicious package signatures
What it can access
- ✓ Network access No
- ✓ Filesystem access No
- ✓ Shell / process execution No
- ✓ Environment & secrets No
- ✓ Dynamic code execution No
From automated source analysis of v0.1.0. “Used” means the capability is present in the source — more access means more to trust, not that it’s unsafe.
About
Perplexity AI MCP Server
An MCP server implementation that integrates Perplexity AI's API, providing advanced search capabilities with multiple model options.
Features
- Search using Perplexity AI's models
- Support for all official Sonar models
- Configurable result count
- Detailed error handling and logging
- MCP Inspector compatible
Available Models
- sonar-reasoning-pro (127k context)
- sonar-reasoning (127k context)
- sonar-pro (200k context)
- sonar (127k context)
Installation
pnpm install
pnpm build
Configuration
API Key
- Sign up for a Perplexity AI account
- Get your API key from the dashboard
- Set the environment variable:
export PERPLEXITY_API_KEY=your_api_key_here
Usage
Direct Execution
node dist/index.js
# or if you made it executable
./dist/index.js
Development
pnpm dev
Testing with MCP Inspector
pnpm inspect
Tool Reference
perplexity_search
Performs a search using Perplexity AI's models.
Parameters:
query(string, required): The search querymodel(string, optional): Model to use (default: "sonar")- Available options: sonar-reasoning-pro, sonar-reasoning, sonar-pro, sonar
count(number, optional): Number of results (1-10, default: 5)
Development
Project Structure
src/perplexity/
├── index.ts # Main server implementation
├── lib/
│ └── logger.ts # Logging configuration
└── adr.md # Architectural decisions
Logging
Logs are written to perplexity-mcp.log in the project root directory.
License
MIT
Contributing
- Fork the repository
- Create your feature branch
- Commit your changes
- Push to the branch
- Create a new Pull Request
Source & license
This open-source MCP server is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.
- Author: mkusaka
- Source: mkusaka/mcp-server-perplexity
- License: MIT
Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.
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Versions
- v0.1.0 Imported from the upstream source.