npx mcpbar@latest install tanigami/mcp-server-perplexity -c claude

npx mcpbar@latest edit -c claude

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "Perplexity Server": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-server-perplexity"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PERPLEXITY_API_KEY": "${input:perplexity_api_key}"
      }
    }
  }
}

Perplexity MCP Server

MCP Server for the Perplexity API.

:warning: Limitations:

• The Claude Desktop client may timeout if Perplexity processing takes too long
• This issue might be resolved if Claude Desktop implements support for long running operations and progress reporting in the future
• Implementation updates to handle these features will be made if they become available

Components

Tools

• ask_perplexity: Request chat completion with citations from Perplexity

Quickstart

Install

Claude Desktop

• On macOS: ~/Library/Application\ Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json
• On Windows: %APPDATA%/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json

"mcpServers": {
  "Perplexity": {
    "command": "uvx",
    "args": [
      "mcp-server-perplexity"
    ],
    "env": {
      "PERPLEXITY_API_KEY": "your-perplexity-api-key"
    }
  }
}