Perplexity
About
An MCP server that integrates with the Perplexity API to provide chat completions with citations. It is designed for users of Claude Desktop and
Details
- Author
- tanigami
- GitHub stars
- 94
- Downloads
- 477
- Categories
- Search, Community, Other, AI
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- Exposes a single MCP tool: ask_perplexity
- Returns chat completions with citations from Perplexity
- Easy to install via uvx and Claude Desktop config
- Works with any MCP client supporting tools
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"
-
Configure the plugin with the settings below
Plugin Name
PerplexityCommand (node, npx, python, etc.)Please refer to the README for specific instructions on how to obtain API keys or other required environment variables.
- Enable "Start Automatically" if you want the plugin to start when Highlight launches
From the repository
{
"mcpServers": {
"Perplexity": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"mcp-server-perplexity"
],
"env": {
"PERPLEXITY_API_KEY": ""
}
}
}
}
Claude Desktop / Cursor
Paste into your MCP client config file to install this server.
{
"mcpServers": {
"perplexity": {
"Perplexity": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"mcp-server-perplexity"
],
"env": {
"PERPLEXITY_API_KEY": ""
}
}
}
}
}McpServers
{
"Perplexity": {
"command": "uvx",
"args": [
"mcp-server-perplexity"
],
"env": {
"PERPLEXITY_API_KEY": ""
}
}
}- ask_perplexity: Request chat completion with citations from Perplexity
- On macOS:~/Library/Application\ Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
- On Windows:%APPDATA%/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
"mcpServers": { "Perplexity": { "command": "uvx", "args": [ "mcp-server-perplexity" ], "env": { "PERPLEXITY_API_KEY": "your-perplexity-api-key" } } }
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