Perplexity API Platform MCP Server
The official MCP server implementation for the Perplexity API Platform, providing AI assistants with real-time web search, reasoning, and research capabilities through the Agent API and the Search API.
Remote MCP Server
The remote MCP server is hosted by Perplexity and is the easiest way to get started: same tools, nothing to install or update. The Cursor and VS Code buttons at the top of this page connect to it with one click. If your MCP client does not support remote servers yet, skip to the local server setup below. Connect over Streamable HTTP with your Perplexity API key:
https://api.perplexity.ai/mcpFor Claude Code:
claude mcp add --transport http perplexity https://api.perplexity.ai/mcp --header "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"See the MCP integration docs for manual Cursor/VS Code configuration, usage from the Anthropic API, and setup for other clients.
Local MCP Server
Get Your API Key
- Get your Perplexity API Key from the API Portal
- Replace
your_key_herein the configurations below with your API key - (Optional) Set timeout:
PERPLEXITY_TIMEOUT_MS=600000(default: 5 minutes) - (Optional) Set custom base URL:
PERPLEXITY_BASE_URL=https://your-custom-url.com(default: https://api.perplexity.ai) - (Optional) Set log level:
PERPLEXITY_LOG_LEVEL=DEBUG|INFO|WARN|ERROR(default: ERROR)






