Perplexity API Platform MCP server

by perplexity.ai·ai.perplexity/mcp-server·v1.2.1·2.6k stars

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

A89/100grade A

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A89/100

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write = sends, deletes, buys or posts

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 v0.1.10 · 2026-10-31 · 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 9 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

Against every graded Web search MCP server, from our own scans and uptime checks. Updated after each scan run.

Safety score: 89/100; higher than 85% of 3,471 Web search servers
Tools: 4; the typical Web search server has 5
Tools that change things: 0%; typical: 0%. Fewer write tools means less an agent can break
GitHub stars: 2,599; more than 95% of 1,788 Web search servers
Downloads a week: 22,729; more than 96% of 837 Web search servers with a package

What its tools let an agent do: 4 read

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, Cursor, VS Code or Claude Desktop 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 15 days ago (2026-10-21). The latest release is v1.2.1.
What can I use instead of Perplexity API Platform?: Servers from other publishers that do the same job: Perplexity API Platform (moved to ai.perplexity/mcp-server), Zotero MCP server and webclaw MCP server.
How does Perplexity API Platform compare with other Web search MCP servers?: safety score 89/100 (higher than 85% of 3,471 Web search servers); tools 4 (the typical Web search server has 5); tools that change things 0% (typical: 0%. Fewer write tools means less an agent can break). Full comparison.

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