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Perplexity Ask

Perplexity AskMCP Server

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Summary

Ask Perplexity's Sonar API real-time, web-grounded questions and get cited answers inside your agent.

Installation

Set up this MCP server in your favorite AI agent — copy a ready-made configuration below.

Any MCP-compatible agent

Most agents (Claude, Cursor, Windsurf, VS Code, and more) read a standard mcpServers configuration.

  1. Open your agent's MCP configuration file.
  2. Merge the snippet below into it, filling in the environment variables with your own values.
  3. Restart the agent — the "Perplexity Ask" tools will be available.
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "perplexity-ask": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "server-perplexity-ask"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PERPLEXITY_API_KEY": "pplx-YOUR_API_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}

Description

Perplexity's official MCP server. It lets an agent query the Sonar API for real-time, web-grounded answers with citations — useful for up-to-the-minute research directly from an assistant.

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