Perplexity Vendor AI

Perplexity Ask

Web-aware Q&A via the Perplexity API — get cited answers with source URLs.

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npx -y server-perplexity-ask

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Claude Desktop / Cursor config

Drop into your claude_desktop_config.json or Cursor MCP settings. Replace the ${…} placeholders with your own values.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "perplexity-ask": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "server-perplexity-ask"],
      "env": { "PERPLEXITY_API_KEY": "${PPLX_KEY}" }
    }
  }
}

About

Perplexity's official MCP server. Sends a query to Sonar (their search-augmented model) and returns the cited answer + the URLs the model consulted. Use as a higher-quality replacement for raw Brave-Search when you need synthesised answers.

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