perplexity-mcp
A community MCP server by DaInfernalCoder that sends questions to Perplexity's Sonar models and picks the model by how complex the query looks.
What it does
A community MCP server by DaInfernalCoder that sends questions to Perplexity's Sonar models and picks the model by how complex the query looks. It has three tools: a quick search on Sonar Pro, a reasoning tool on Sonar Reasoning Pro for comparisons and multi-step explanations, and a deep research tool on Sonar Deep Research that accepts focus areas and returns a long report; each can be forced to its own model. It is cloned, built and run locally with Node.js, also ships on npm as perplexity-mcp, and needs a Perplexity API key.
Capabilities
- Answer simple queries with Perplexity Sonar Pro
- Work through multi-step questions with a reasoning model
- Produce deep research reports on chosen focus areas
About
- Publisher
- DaInfernalCoder (Sumit Datta)
- Tool
- Perplexity
Install
The project doesn't document install steps that we could confirm. See the project's own instructions
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Details
| Fact | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Type | MCP server | |
| Tools | Perplexity, Web search | |
| Publisher | DaInfernalCoder (Sumit Datta) | source |
| Official status | Community (not published by the tool's vendor) | source |
| Connection | Local (runs on your computer) | source |
| Can change data | Not stated in its documentation | |
| Needs an API key or sign-in | Yes | source |
| Platforms | Not stated in its documentation | |
| AI clients | Not stated in its documentation | |
| Licence | MIT | source |
| Pricing | Not stated in its documentation | |
| Activity | Last commit Nov 1, 2025Version 0.2.3296 GitHub starsDownload data not available (not on npm or PyPI) | source |
| Links | Repository Website npm: perplexity-mcp |
Also listed under: Web search
Sources
- GitHub repositorygithub.com/DaInfernalCoder/perplexity-mcp · Backs: Connection, Needs an API key or sign-in, Official statusNov 12, 2026
- Licence file (LICENSE)github.com/DaInfernalCoder/perplexity-mcp · Backs: Licence, PublisherNov 12, 2026
- GitHub repositorygithub.com/dainfernalcoder/researcher-mcp · Backs: Activity, LicenceNov 10, 2026
- npm package recordnpmjs.com/package/perplexity-mcpNov 10, 2026