Perplexity API Platform (moved to ai.perplexity/mcp-server) for Claude Desktop

io.github.perplexityai/mcp-server

Real-time web search, reasoning, and research through Perplexity's API

client:Claude Desktop transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install Perplexity API Platform (moved to ai.perplexity/mcp-server) in Claude Desktop

~/Library/Application Support/Claude/claude_desktop_config.json · windows: %APPDATA%\Claude\claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@perplexity-ai/mcp-server"
      ]
    }
  }
}

Settings → Developer → Edit Config opens this file. Restart the app after saving. Claude Desktop docs