Perplexity Tool for Claude

MCPOpen SourceMIT25.8

by letsbuildagent • Search & Retrieval

An MCP server that connects Claude Desktop to the Perplexity AI API to enable web-based research and citations from within Claude.

Example Use Cases

1
Retrieve and cite up-to-date web research results directly within Claude Desktop.
2
Constrain searches to specific domains or recency windows (day/week/month/year) for focused research.
3
Configurable response behavior (temperature, max_tokens) when synthesizing Perplexity search outputs into final answers.

Description

This MCP server integrates Perplexity AI's search API with Claude Desktop so Claude can perform web research and return answers with citations. It provides configuration for API keys, search recency and domain filters, and response controls like temperature and max_tokens. The tool is installed as a local MCP server and invoked by Claude to fetch up-to-date information from the web.

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Scanned 2 month(s) ago

Risk Level

MINIMAL

Read-only data retrieval, no side effects

Trust Score

C62/100

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Service TypeMCP

Pricing ModelUnknown

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Ownerletsbuildagent

CategorySearch & Retrieval

DependenciesStandalone