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Perplexity Agent for Cursor

io.github.zalez/perplexity-agent-mcp

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

client:Cursor transport:stdio runtime:pypi

Install Perplexity Agent in Cursor

~/.cursor/mcp.json · windows: %USERPROFILE%\.cursor\mcp.json

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{
  "mcpServers": {
    "perplexity-agent-mcp": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "perplexity-agent-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PERPLEXITY_API_KEY": "<PERPLEXITY_API_KEY>",
        "PERPLEXITY_AGENT_WAIT_SECONDS": "<PERPLEXITY_AGENT_WAIT_SECONDS>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Use .cursor/mcp.json in a project root instead to scope it to that project. Cursor merges both. Cursor docs

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