# Perplexity MCP

> Use this tool when you need to integrate web search functionality into your application, providing users with relevant results based on their queries, and customize search parameters such as recency and model selection. It solves problems related to information retrieval and research, allowing users to fetch specific data from the web. The tool takes in search queries and model preferences as input and returns relevant search results as output.

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

## Description

An MCP server providing web search functionality using Perplexity AI's API. You can select the model you want to use as well a search recency, day, month, year, etc.

## Trust

- **Trust score (0–1):** 0.50
- **Verification tier:** unverified

## Facts

- **Version:** 1.0.0
- **Skill type:** atomic
- **Execution layer:** container
- **Runtime environment:** vm
- **Category:** search
- **Updated:** 2026-04-20

## Source

- **Source listing:** [Smithery](https://smithery.ai/server/perplexity-mcp)
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/jsonallen/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": "perplexity-mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

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

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