MCP Server

Perplexity API Platform

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Real-time web search, reasoning, and research through Perplexity's API

Install

Paste into claude_desktop_config.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "perplexity-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@perplexity-ai/mcp-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Run in a terminal:

claude mcp add perplexity-mcp-server -- npx -y @perplexity-ai/mcp-server

Paste into .cursor/mcp.json (project) or ~/.cursor/mcp.json (global):

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "perplexity-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@perplexity-ai/mcp-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Transport & auth

Transport: stdio - Runs locally over stdio. Your client launches the process itself; you need the matching runtime installed (Node for npx, uv for uvx, Docker for docker run).

Skip the install — WingMan's own 271 tools run hosted, no setup: browse the hosted tool directory. One endpoint, one free key: https://wingmanprotocol.com/mcp.