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Perplexity Search MCP Server

Search & WebLow Risk10.0MCP RegistryLocalRemote
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Enable AI assistants to perform web searches using Perplexity's Sonar Pro.

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Enable AI assistants to perform web searches using Perplexity's Sonar Pro.

Remote endpoints: streamable-http: https://server.smithery.ai/@arjunkmrm/perplexity-search/mcp

Security Report

10.0
Low Risk10.0Low Risk

Valid MCP server (2 strong, 2 medium validity signals). No known CVEs in dependencies. Imported from the Official MCP Registry. Trust signals: trusted author (31/31 approved).

1 tool verified · Open access · No issues found

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HTTP Network Access

Connects to external APIs or services over the internet.

How to Install & Connect

Available as Local & Remote

This plugin can run on your machine or connect to a hosted endpoint. during install.

Documentation

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From the project's GitHub README.

Perplexity Search MCP

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A simple Model Context Protocol (MCP) server for Perplexity's web search with sonar or sonar-pro.

Features

  • Provides a search tool for AI assistants to perform web searches
  • Uses Perplexity's chat completions API with the sonar/sonar-pro models

Tool: search

The server provides a search tool with the following input parameters:

  • query (required): The search query to perform
  • search_recency_filter (optional): Filter search results by recency (options: month, week, day, hour). If not specified, no time filtering is applied.

Configuration

Environment Variables

  • PERPLEXITY_API_KEY: Your Perplexity API key (required)

Response Format

The response from the search tool includes:

  • content: The search results content
  • citations: Array of citations for the information

License

MIT

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