Perplexity Ask MCP

Example Use Cases

• 1

  Perform live web searches and bring current web findings into a Claude conversation.

• 2

  Augment model responses with up-to-date citations and external sources via the Perplexity/Sonar API.

• 3

  An easy-to-deploy MCP integration (Docker or npx) for Claude Desktop to access web research capabilities.

Description

This open-source MCP server connects Claude (via the Model Context Protocol) to the Perplexity/Sonar API to perform live web searches and return up-to-date results during conversations. It provides a simple tool interface for Claude, can be run via Docker or npx, and requires a PERPLEXITY_API_KEY to access the Perplexity API. The project is derived from the Model Context Protocol and Anthropic's MCP examples, is MIT-licensed, and exposes configurable search parameters in the code (index.ts).