Description

MCP server providing web search functionality using Perplexity AI API.

Installation

npx -y perplexity-mcp-search
npm install perplexity-mcp-search
git clone https://github.com/jsonallen/perplexity-mcp

Claude Desktop Configuration

Add this configuration to your Claude Desktop config file to enable this MCP server:

Config file location: ~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

Config file location: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json

Config file location: ~/.config/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "perplexity-mcp-search": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "perplexity-mcp-search"
      ]
    }
  }
}