mcp-server-perplexity

# Perplexity MCP Server [](https://smithery.ai/server/mcp-server-perplexity) MCP Server for the Perplexity API. > :warning: **Limitations:** > - The Claude Desktop client may timeout if Perplexity processing takes too long > - This issue might be resolved if Claude Desktop implements support for long running operations and progress reporting in the future > - Implementation updates to handle these features will be made if they become available <a href="https://glama.ai/mcp/servers/hchfq9bydq"><img width="380" height="200" src="https://glama.ai/mcp/servers/hchfq9bydq/badge" alt="Perplexity Server MCP server" /></a> ## Components ### Tools - **ask_perplexity**: Request chat completion with citations from Perplexity ## Quickstart ### Install #### Claude Desktop - 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" } } } ```