What it does
Perplexity's official MCP server connects agents to the Sonar API for live, citation-backed web search, conversational answers, multi-source deep research, and chain-of-thought reasoning. Tools are LLM-backed: each call runs a Sonar model that performs retrieval and synthesis. Runs locally over stdio (HTTP mode is self-host).
Example prompts
- What are the latest developments in the EU AI Act? Cite sources.
- Do deep research on serverless Postgres providers and compare them.
Tools provided
- perplexity_search — Search the web via Sonar.
- perplexity_ask — Ask a conversational, cited question.
- perplexity_research — Run multi-source deep research.
- perplexity_reason — Run chain-of-thought reasoning.
What you'll need to connect
This agent will ask you for the following. You enter them when you connect — they're encrypted and never shared with the creator.
- Perplexity API KeyGet this from perplexity.ai's account or API settings.Paste the value as a single line.Only sent to: api.perplexity.ai
How you're protected
FindAgent runs these safety checks on every agent automatically. They're always on and can't be turned off.
- Prompt-injection scanning
Every request is checked for known prompt-injection and jailbreak attempts before the agent runs. This is always on.
- Secret-leak scanning
Every response is scanned for leaked API keys, tokens, and other secrets before it reaches you. This is always on.
