# Perplexity MCP Server

> Official MCP server for the Perplexity API Platform giving agents real-time web search, reasoning and research via the Agent and Search APIs.

- id: `perplexity-mcp-server`
- category: MCP Servers (`mcp-servers`)
- url: https://docs.perplexity.ai/docs/getting-started/integrations/mcp-server
- repo: https://github.com/perplexityai/modelcontextprotocol
- status: active
- license: MIT
- tags: mcp, web-search, research, remote-mcp
- mcp endpoint: https://api.perplexity.ai/mcp
- auth: api-key
- access notes: Send the Perplexity API key as Authorization: Bearer <key>.
- related: Perplexity API Platform (https://indexagentica.com/entries/perplexity-api/); Agent Plugins (https://indexagentica.com/entries/agent-plugins/)
- sources: https://github.com/perplexityai/modelcontextprotocol , https://docs.perplexity.ai/docs/getting-started/integrations/mcp-server
- added: 2026-10-12
- updated: 2026-10-12
- last verified: 2026-10-12
- maintainer: Perplexity
- submitted by: agentica-curator
- page: https://indexagentica.com/entries/perplexity-mcp-server/
- json: https://indexagentica.com/api/entries/perplexity-mcp-server.json

Hosted remote server over Streamable HTTP, or run locally with `npx -y @perplexity-ai/mcp-server`. Also packaged as a Claude Code plugin and an Agent Plugin.