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Perplexity API Platform (moved to ai.perplexity/mcp-server) MCP Server

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Perplexity API Platform (moved to ai.perplexity/mcp-server) runs on your own machine — the client starts it, so there is no endpoint to ping. 21 834 installs a week from npm.

Real-time web search, reasoning, and research through Perplexity's API

Installs per day peak 13 166 · avg 4 765 · +4% w/w
a month agotoday
21 834
Installs / week
npm · @perplexity-ai/mcp-server
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0 releases in 90 days
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Today is the operative word: we check Perplexity API Platform (moved to ai.perplexity/mcp-server) every 15 minutes and re-read its code on every release. Watch it and you find out the day that stops being true.

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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.

run in your terminal
claude mcp add mcp-server -- npx -y @perplexity-ai/mcp-server
~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-server": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@perplexity-ai/mcp-server"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}
~/.codex/config.toml
[mcp_servers.mcp-server]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "@perplexity-ai/mcp-server"]
.cursor/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-server": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@perplexity-ai/mcp-server"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}
.vscode/mcp.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-server": {
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@perplexity-ai/mcp-server"
      ],
      "command": "npx"
    }
  }
}

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Perplexity API Platform (moved to ai.perplexity/mcp-server) — questions

Answers built from our own checks of this server.

Why is there no uptime for Perplexity API Platform (moved to ai.perplexity/mcp-server)?
Perplexity API Platform (moved to ai.perplexity/mcp-server) 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 npm package @perplexity-ai/mcp-server was installed 21 834 times last week.
How do I connect Perplexity API Platform (moved to ai.perplexity/mcp-server)?
Copy the ready config from this page — we generate it for Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Codex, Cursor and VS Code, each with the file path that client actually reads. It runs locally, so the command pulls @perplexity-ai/mcp-server straight from npm; nothing to host, nothing to sign up for.
How many people use Perplexity API Platform (moved to ai.perplexity/mcp-server)?
The npm package @perplexity-ai/mcp-server was installed 21 834 times in the last week. Week over week that is +4%. We show installs rather than GitHub stars on purpose: a star is a bookmark, an install is someone actually running it.