Perplexity

Perplexity MCP Server

Connector for Perplexity API, to enable real-time, web-wide research.

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Characteristics

Attribute	Details
Docker Image	mcp/perplexity-ask⁠
Author	ppl-ai⁠
Repository	https://github.com/ppl-ai/modelcontextprotocol⁠
Dockerfile	https://github.com/ppl-ai/modelcontextprotocol/blob/f0a927c250e04b389ff5c34f6a2a85ad625668e8/perplexity-ask/Dockerfile⁠
Docker Image built by	Docker Inc.
Docker Scout Health Score
Verify Signature	COSIGN_REPOSITORY=mcp/signatures cosign verify mcp/perplexity-ask --key https://raw.githubusercontent.com/docker/keyring/refs/heads/main/public/mcp/latest.pub
Licence	MIT License

Available Tools (3)

Tools Details

Tool: perplexity_ask

Engages in a conversation using the Sonar API. Accepts an array of messages (each with a role and content) and returns a ask completion response from the Perplexity model.

Tool: perplexity_reason

Performs reasoning tasks using the Perplexity API. Accepts an array of messages (each with a role and content) and returns a well-reasoned response using the sonar-reasoning-pro model.

Tool: perplexity_research

Performs deep research using the Perplexity API. Accepts an array of messages (each with a role and content) and returns a comprehensive research response with citations.

Use this MCP Server

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "perplexity-ask": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "-e",
        "PERPLEXITY_API_KEY",
        "mcp/perplexity-ask"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PERPLEXITY_API_KEY": "YOUR_PERPLEXITY_API_KEY"
      }
    }
  }
}

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