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title: "Perplexity MCP Server for ToolPiper · ModelPiper"
description: "Ask Perplexity's Sonar models for cited, up-to-date answers. Perplexity's MCP server lets the assistant hand a question to a Sonar model and get back an answer grounded in live web sources with citations. Use it when the"
canonical: "https://modelpiper.com/mcp-tools/perplexity"
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# Perplexity MCP Server for ToolPiper · ModelPiper

> Ask Perplexity's Sonar models for cited, up-to-date answers. Perplexity's MCP server lets the assistant hand a question to a Sonar model and get back an answer grounded in live web sources with citations. Use it when the

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# Perplexity MCP Server

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Ask Perplexity's Sonar models for cited, up-to-date answers.

Install Perplexity in ToolPiper

Don't have ToolPiper? We'll take you to the download.

[Open repository →](https://github.com/ppl-ai/modelcontextprotocol)

Publisher

[Perplexity](https://docs.perplexity.ai/)

License

MIT

Transport

Local subprocess

Tools

3

## What this server does

Perplexity's MCP server lets the assistant hand a question to a Sonar model and get back an answer grounded in live web sources with citations. Use it when the host model's knowledge is stale or when you want sources attached. The ask tool is the everyday path; research runs a deeper multi-step pass for harder questions. Billing is pay-as-you-go per request against your Perplexity API account.

## Tools included

-   perplexity\_ask
    
    Ask a question and get a cited answer from a Sonar model.
    
-   perplexity\_research
    
    Run a deeper, multi-step research query.
    
-   perplexity\_reason
    
    Ask a reasoning-heavy question.
    

The authoritative list comes from the server's tools/list at runtime. This catalog entry may lag the upstream until the next ToolPiper release.

## Install in ToolPiper

ToolPiper handles the JSON configuration. Click Install, fill in any required tokens, and the server is ready in your chat.

Install Perplexity in ToolPiper

Don't have ToolPiper? We'll take you to the download.

## Install in another client

Install in another MCP client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Continue, Cline)

Claude Desktop Cursor Continue Cline

Add this to ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude\_desktop\_config.json.

```
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "perplexity": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@perplexity-ai/mcp-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

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## Example prompts

-   "What changed in the latest Node.js LTS release? Cite sources."
    
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-   "Research the current state of on-device speech-to-text on Apple Silicon."
    
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-   "What is the current pricing for the Anthropic API?"
    
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## Security notes

The API key gates billing. Treat it as a credential and rotate it from your Perplexity settings if it leaks. Each call costs money, so an agent looping on research can run up a bill. Answers come from the open web; verify anything load-bearing.

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