Perplexity MCP Server

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Perplexity runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 211 installs a week from pypi. Last commit 12 May 2026.

Search the web, generate AI responses, and create embeddings with real-time information

Installs per day peak 56 · avg 32 · -5% w/w

a month agotoday

211

Installs / week

pypi · mcparmory-perplexity

Stars

2 open issues

12 May 2026

Last commit

from GitHub

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License

Python

What the code does

We read the source, 3 d ago · rules 995398eba69f

Capabilities

What this server is able to do. For an MCP server this is often the job itself — a terminal server runs commands because that is what it is for. Listed so you know what you are plugging in, not as an accusation.

Touches key and credential files servers/files-com/_models.py:1641, servers/files-com/server.py:8430

    server_host_key: str | None = Field(default=None, description="Remote server SSH host key in OpenSSH format (as would appear in ~/.ssh/known_hosts). When provided, the server's host key must match exactly.")

Is this your server and something here is wrong? Tell us — corrections are free and do not require a plan.

This code can reach further than it looks

We found places where it runs commands, builds paths or queries from values it is given. None of that is a flaw by itself — it becomes one when the code changes, and code changes quietly between releases. We re-read it on every one.

Connect this server

This server runs on your own machine — install it with the package manager and the client starts it for you. Package name taken from the official registry entry.

Claude Code Claude Desktop Codex Cursor VS Code

run in your terminal

claude mcp add perplexity -- uvx mcparmory-perplexity

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "perplexity": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcparmory-perplexity"
      ]
    }
  }
}

~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.perplexity]
command = "uvx"
args = ["mcparmory-perplexity"]

.cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "perplexity": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcparmory-perplexity"
      ]
    }
  }
}

.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "perplexity": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcparmory-perplexity"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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Perplexity — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Perplexity?

Perplexity runs on your own machine over stdio — there is no network address to reach, so uptime cannot be measured for it by anyone. What can be measured is adoption: the pypi package mcparmory-perplexity was installed 211 times last week.

How do I connect Perplexity?

Copy the ready config from this page. We generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each in the form that client actually reads. It runs locally, so the command pulls mcparmory-perplexity straight from pypi; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.

How many people use Perplexity?

The pypi package mcparmory-perplexity was installed 211 times in the last week. Week over week that is -5%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.

Is Perplexity open source?

We cannot say either way: written in Python, 32 stars on GitHub and 2 open issues, but we could not determine the licence, and without one the code is not open source by default.