Perplexity AI
About
Connects Claude Desktop to Perplexity AI's language models through a lightweight proxy, offering web search capabilities with llama-3.1-sonar-small-128k-online and multi-turn conversations with mixtral-8x7b-instruct.
Details
- Author
- family-it-guy
- Repository
- Family-IT-Guy/perplexity-mcp
- GitHub stars
- 2
- License
- ISC License
- Categories
- Search, Other, AI, Developer Tools, Design, Community, API, Security, Communication
- Tags
- #web
Jump to
- Intelligent Model Selection: Auto-picks the right Perplexity model based on your query
- Research History: Saves all research to ~/Documents/Perplexity Research/
- Multi-Model Synthesis: Combines multiple models for comprehensive research
- Search History: Search past research to avoid duplicate queries
- Built-in Citations: Every response includes sources and references
Setting up with Highlight
This MCP is not yet compatible with Highlight’s one-click setup. However, you can still use it with Highlight by following these steps:
- Download and install Highlight from highlightai.com/download
- Navigate to the plugins tab and select "Add Custom Plugin"
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Configure the plugin with the settings below
Plugin Name
Perplexity AICommand (node, npx, python, etc.)npxArguments-
Argument 1
-y -
Argument 2
@familyitguy/perplexity-mcp
Environment-
PERPLEXITY_API_KEY
your-api-key-here
Please refer to the README for specific instructions on how to obtain API keys or other required environment variables.
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Argument 1
- Enable "Start Automatically" if you want the plugin to start when Highlight launches
From the repository
Open ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json and add:
{
"mcpServers": {
"perplexity-research": {
"command": "npx",
"args": ["-y", "@familyitguy/perplexity-mcp"],
"env": {
"PERPLEXITY_API_KEY": "your-api-key-here"
}
}
}
}
Replace your-api-key-here with your Perplexity API key.
research
Intelligent Perplexity search with auto-logging. Use this to research specific topics.
deep_research
Multi-model synthesis for comprehensive research. Use this for in-depth studies on complex topics.
search_research
Search past research for existing findings. Use this to find previous research on a specific topic.
list_research_threads
List all saved research threads.
read_research_thread
Read a specific past research thread.
list_models
Show available Perplexity models and when to use each.
Claude Desktop / Cursor
Paste into your MCP client config file to install this server.
{
"mcpServers": {
"perplexity ai": {
"env": {
"PERPLEXITY_API_KEY": "your-api-key-here"
},
"args": [
"-y",
"@familyitguy/perplexity-mcp"
],
"command": "npx"
}
}
}Linux
{
"env": {
"PERPLEXITY_API_KEY": "your-api-key-here"
},
"args": [
"-y",
"@familyitguy/perplexity-mcp"
],
"command": "npx"
}Macos
{
"env": {
"PERPLEXITY_API_KEY": "your-api-key-here"
},
"args": [
"-y",
"@familyitguy/perplexity-mcp"
],
"command": "npx"
}Windows
{
"env": {
"PERPLEXITY_API_KEY": "your-api-key-here"
},
"args": [
"/c",
"npx",
"-y",
"@familyitguy/perplexity-mcp"
],
"command": "cmd"
}Adds Perplexity AI as a tool provider for Claude Desktop.
An intelligent Perplexity research MCP server for Claude Desktop with automatic model selection, multi-model synthesis, and persistent research history.
- Intelligent Model Selection: Auto-picks the right Perplexity model based on your query
- Research History: Saves all research to~/Documents/Perplexity Research/
- Multi-Model Synthesis: Combines multiple models for comprehensive research
- Search History: Search past research to avoid duplicate queries
- Built-in Citations: Every response includes sources and references
- Node.js 18+ (download)
- Claude Desktop
- Perplexity API key (get one atperplexity.ai/settings/api)
Open~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.jsonand add:
{ "mcpServers": { "perplexity-research": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "@familyitguy/perplexity-mcp"], "env": { "PERPLEXITY_API_KEY": "your-api-key-here" } } } }
Replaceyour-api-key-herewith your Perplexity API key.
Quit completely (Cmd+Q) and reopen. You're done!
Intelligent Perplexity search with auto-logging.
Use: "Research the current state of AI in healthcare"
Multi-model synthesis for comprehensive research.
Use: "Do a deep research on renewable energy trends"
Search past research for existing findings.
Use: "Search my research for React performance"
Show available Perplexity models and when to use each.
~/Documents/Perplexity Research/ ├── topic-name-2025-01-15.md ├── another-topic-2025-01-16.md └── ...
You can browse your research history in Finder anytime.
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