Perplexity Agent for Claude Code

io.github.zalez/perplexity-agent-mcp

Multi-step web research with citations via Perplexity's Agent API. Standard library only.

client:Claude Code transport:stdio runtime:pypi

Install Perplexity Agent in Claude Code

run in your project directory

claude mcp add perplexity-agent-mcp -e PERPLEXITY_API_KEY=<PERPLEXITY_API_KEY> -e PERPLEXITY_AGENT_WAIT_SECONDS=<PERPLEXITY_AGENT_WAIT_SECONDS> -- uvx perplexity-agent-mcp

Adds it for this project only. Append --scope user to make it available everywhere. Claude Code docs

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