Perplexity API Platform MCP server

by perplexity.ai·ai.perplexity/mcp-server·v1.2.1

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

A89/100grade A

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A89/100

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Read from the package source without running it. The installed server may list more.

perplexity_ask
Answer a question using web-grounded AI (Perplexity Agent API,
perplexity_reason
Analyze a question using step-by-step reasoning with web grounding (Perplexity Agent API,
perplexity_research
Conduct deep, multi-source research on a topic (Perplexity Agent API,
perplexity_search
Search the web and return a ranked list of results with titles, URLs, snippets, and dates.

scanner v0.1.9 · 2026-09-21 · same rubric, same numbers if you re-run it

no findings

Code scan14 source files scanned25/25
–Live reliabilityno gateway calls yet and no remote to proben/a
–Tool poisoningtools not inspected (local package is not executed); not countedn/a
Auth qualitylocal package, no credentials required12/15
Maintenancelast push 25 days ago15/15
Maintainer identitynamespace and repository owner differ; GitHub account older than a year6/10

Overall 89/100. Components that don't apply are left out of the denominator. Any critical finding is an F.Rubric Appeal a finding JSON

Runs npx -y @perplexity-ai/mcp-server on your machine. Read the scan report first; the gateway never runs local packages.

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

Is Perplexity API Platform MCP server safe?: Yes, by our scan: it is graded A (89/100). Read the Perplexity API Platform safety report
How do I install Perplexity API Platform?: It runs on your machine. Copy the Claude Code, Claude Desktop or Cursor config from the install section.
Does Perplexity API Platform need an API key?: Not as far as the registry entry and our scan can tell: no credentials are declared or required.
Is Perplexity API Platform maintained?: The last commit was 25 days ago (2026-08-27). The latest release is v1.2.1.
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