# Does Perplexity have an MCP server?

**Yes — Official.** Perplexity maintains an official MCP server.

## Facts

- Verdict: Official (Yes)
- Access: Remote server — Hosted by the vendor — no install, connect over HTTP with OAuth or a token.
- Endpoint: `https://api.perplexity.ai/mcp`
- Repository: [perplexityai/modelcontextprotocol](https://github.com/perplexityai/modelcontextprotocol) — ★ 2.4k, last push 2026-07-30, MIT
- Maintainer: Perplexity
- Language: TypeScript
- Category: [Search & Data Extraction](https://mcpyet.com/category/search-data-extraction/)
- Verified against vendor docs: 2026-08-10
- GitHub data refreshed: 2026-08-11 (re-checked every 6 hours)

## What it does

> The official MCP server implementation for the Perplexity API Platform
> — how [perplexityai/modelcontextprotocol](https://github.com/perplexityai/modelcontextprotocol) describes itself

Project site: <https://docs.perplexity.ai/guides/mcp-server>

## The receipts

- **Vendor-hosted (remote):** `https://api.perplexity.ai/mcp` — a remote server run by Perplexity itself, nothing to install. Documented at <https://docs.perplexity.ai/guides/mcp-server>.
- **Official repository:** [perplexityai/modelcontextprotocol](https://github.com/perplexityai/modelcontextprotocol) — ★ 2.4k, pushed 2026-07-30, MIT (active)

## How to connect it

Hosted by the vendor — no install, connect over HTTP with OAuth or a token.

### Claude Code

```sh
claude mcp add --transport http perplexity https://api.perplexity.ai/mcp
```

Add `--scope user` to make it available in every project.

### Claude Desktop

1. Open **Settings → Connectors**
2. Click **Add custom connector**
3. Paste `https://api.perplexity.ai/mcp`
4. Finish the sign-in prompt, then enable it in the chat's tools menu

### Cursor

Add to `.cursor/mcp.json` in your project, or `~/.cursor/mcp.json` for every project:

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "perplexity": {
      "url": "https://api.perplexity.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### VS Code

Add to `.vscode/mcp.json`, then pick the server from Copilot's agent-mode tools menu:

```json
{
  "servers": {
    "perplexity": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://api.perplexity.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

### ChatGPT

1. Enable **Developer mode** under Settings → Apps & Connectors → Advanced
2. Choose **Create** and paste `https://api.perplexity.ai/mcp`
3. Complete sign-in, then enable the connector in a new chat

## How we know

Official hosted MCP at api.perplexity.ai/mcp (Streamable HTTP, bearer API key) recommended in Perplexity's docs; local stdio server ships as @perplexity-ai/mcp-server on npm.

- GitHub data refreshed 2026-08-11, then every 6 hours.
- Vendor docs verified on 2026-08-10.
- Corrections: hello@mcpyet.com.

## Also in Search & Data Extraction

- [Tavily](https://mcpyet.com/mcp/tavily.md) — Official (Yes)
- [Exa](https://mcpyet.com/mcp/exa.md) — Official (Yes)
- [Bright Data](https://mcpyet.com/mcp/bright-data.md) — Official (Yes)

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Source: https://mcpyet.com/mcp/perplexity/ — data refreshed 2026-08-11