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Zed

Perplexity Agent for Zed

io.github.zalez/perplexity-agent-mcp

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

client:Zed transport:stdio runtime:pypi

Install Perplexity Agent in Zed

~/.config/zed/settings.json · windows: %APPDATA%\Zed\settings.json

Held in this page only — never stored, logged, or sent anywhere but back to your screen. 

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

Merge this into your existing settings object — do not replace the file. Zed docs

Perplexity Agent in other clients

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