# Perplexity MCP Server

> Use this tool when you need to integrate AI assistants with advanced web search capabilities, enabling natural language queries with customizable parameters such as recency and citations. It solves problems of limited search functionality in AI clients, providing fine-grained control over search results. The Perplexity MCP Server takes in natural language queries and model parameters as inputs, outputting relevant search results with images and citations.

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

## Description

Connects AI assistants to Perplexity AI's search API, enabling natural language web search with fine-grained control over recency, citations, images, and model parameters directly from MCP clients like Claude.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.69
- **Verification tier:** scanned
- **Last scanned:** 2026-08-31

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** mcp-remote
- **Runtime environment:** api
- **Category:** media
- **Updated:** 2026-08-31

## Source

- **Source listing:** [Glama](https://glama.ai/mcp/servers/qdgf3j2bvy)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/jschuller/perplexity-mcp>

## 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": "jschuller-perplexity-mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

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

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