Description

Perplexity MCP Server provides Claude Desktop with direct access to Perplexity AI's language models through a lightweight proxy implementation. It offers two main tools: perplexity_ask for single questions using the llama-3.1-sonar-small-128k-online model with web search capabilities, and perplexity_chat for multi-turn conversations using mixtral-8x7b-instruct. The server communicates via stdio transport, requires only a Perplexity API key for authentication, and is designed for easy installation through npm or direct execution, making it ideal for users who need to augment Claude with Perplexity's specialized search and reasoning capabilities.

Installation

git clone https://github.com/family-it-guy/perplexity-mcp

Claude Desktop Configuration

Add this configuration to your Claude Desktop config file to enable this MCP server:

Config file location: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

Config file location: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json

Config file location: ~/.config/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "perplexity-ai": {
      "command": "node",
      "args": [
        "path/to/server.js"
      ]
    }
  }
}