# Perplexity API Platform

> Use this tool when you need to integrate real-time web search, reasoning, and research capabilities into your application, solving problems such as information retrieval, question answering, and data enrichment. It takes in natural language queries as input and returns relevant search results, answers, or research findings as output. Ideal for use cases where up-to-date information and intelligent search functionality are required.

Canonical page: https://skillsregistry.net/skills/ai-perplexity-mcp-server  
JSON: https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/ai-perplexity-mcp-server

## Description

Real-time web search, reasoning, and research through Perplexity's API

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.80
- **Verification tier:** unverified

## Facts

- **Version:** 0.8.2
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** mcp-remote
- **Runtime environment:** api
- **Category:** search
- **Updated:** 2026-09-28

## Source

- **Source listing:** [MCP Registry](https://registry.modelcontextprotocol.io/v0/servers/ai.perplexity%2Fmcp-server)

## Use it

Resolve this record through the SkillsRegistry MCP server (no auth, read-only):

```
claude mcp add --transport http --scope user skillsregistry https://api.skillsregistry.net/mcp
```

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "get_skill",
    "arguments": {
      "slug": "ai-perplexity-mcp-server"
    }
  }
}
```

REST: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/ai-perplexity-mcp-server` · pull for local use: `GET https://api.skillsregistry.net/v1/skills/ai-perplexity-mcp-server/pull`

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