MCP Server~400ms avg
Perplexity MCP Server
AI-powered research and answers with source citations.
Install
claude mcp add perplexity -- uvx perplexity-mcp
About
Perplexity's MCP server adds AI-powered web research to Claude Code. Ask questions and get well-sourced answers with citations, research topics in depth, and get summaries of current information. Runs as a Python server. Useful for research-heavy development tasks where you need reliable, cited information from the web.
Tags
perplexitysearchresearchaicitations
Score Breakdown
CLI Score Breakdown7/11
✓Official SDK on npm/pip+2
✓Env var authentication (no browser OAuth)+2
✓Works in headless/CI environments+2
✗CLI tool available0
✓JSON response for piping/parsing+1
✗Docs have curl/CLI examples0
✗Reasonable rate limits for scripted use0
✗Machine-readable pricing (md/JSON/static)0
Quality Score Breakdown
npm weekly downloads2.0k
GitHub stars500
Days since last release24d
Issue close ratio64%
TypeScript typesNo
Docs qualitybasic
Breaking changesoccasional
Performance
Latencyus-east-1 - 2026-03-24
p50
320ms
avg
400ms
p95
950ms
Scores
CLI
7
Quality
6
Related
MCP ServerVerified~220ms - Moderate
14k/wkBrave Search MCP Server
Web search via Brave's API - find docs, examples, and solutions.
CLI
8
Quality
7
claude mcp add brave-search -- npx -y @modelcontextprotocol/server-brave-searchMCP Server~350ms - Slow
5.0k/wkExa MCP Server
Neural search engine - find semantically relevant web content and documents.
CLI
7
Quality
7
claude mcp add exa -- npx -y exa-mcp-serverMCP Server~300ms - Moderate
5.0k/wkTavily MCP Server
AI-optimised web search designed for LLM consumption.
CLI
7
Quality
7
claude mcp add tavily --url https://mcp.tavily.com