Perplexity API Platform (moved to ai.perplexity/mcp-server) for Cursor
io.github.perplexityai/mcp-server
Real-time web search, reasoning, and research through Perplexity's API
client:Cursor
transport:stdio
runtime:npm
Install Perplexity API Platform (moved to ai.perplexity/mcp-server) in Cursor
~/.cursor/mcp.json · windows: %USERPROFILE%\.cursor\mcp.json
{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp-server": {
"type": "stdio",
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"@perplexity-ai/mcp-server"
]
}
}
}Use .cursor/mcp.json in a project root instead to scope it to that project. Cursor merges both. Cursor docs