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

Related MCP server: mcp-perplexity

Available Models

• sonar-reasoning-pro (127k context)

• sonar-reasoning (127k context)

• sonar-pro (200k context)

• sonar (127k context)

Installation

Configuration

API Key

1. Sign up for a Perplexity AI account

2. Get your API key from the dashboard

3. Set the environment variable:

Usage

Direct Execution

Development

Testing with MCP Inspector

Tool Reference

perplexity_search

Performs a search using Perplexity AI's models.

Parameters:

• query (string, required): The search query

• model (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

Logging

Logs are written to perplexity-mcp.log in the project root directory.

License

MIT

Contributing

1. Fork the repository

2. Create your feature branch

3. Commit your changes

4. Push to the branch

5. Create a new Pull Request