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    perplexityai/modelcontextprotocol

    The official MCP server implementation for the Perplexity API Platform

    api
    TypeScript
    MIT
    2.6K stars
    393 forks
    2.6K GitHub watchers
    Updated Nov 2, 2026
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    Where it stands

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    The project lists 18 contributors on GitHub.

    Gained 40% fewer stars in the last 90 days than in the 90 days before.

    Use Cases & Benefits

    • Implements an MCP server that integrates the Sonar API to enable real-time, web-wide research for AI assistants like Claude.
    • Provides seamless live web search capabilities within AI conversations, enhancing response relevance and freshness compared to static data sources.
    • Use for enabling Claude desktop to perform live internet searches during conversations for up-to-date information retrieval.
    • Use for integrating real-time web research capabilities into any application supporting the Model Context Protocol (MCP) like Cursor.
    • Use for developers building AI tools that require dynamic access to current web data via a standardized MCP server implementation.

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    License

    MIT

    Permissive: commercial use, modification and redistribution are allowed with attribution.

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    From the README

    An MCP server implementation that integrates the Sonar API to provide Claude with unparalleled real-time, web-wide research.

    Please refer to the official DeepWiki page for assistance with implementation.

    Credits: DeepWiki powered by Devin

    Excerpt from the perplexityai/modelcontextprotocol README on GitHub (MIT license). © its authors.Read the full README on GitHub

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    Forks

    393+26

    Open issues

    24+8

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