Perplexity (local stdio) MCP server: setup, auth, tools
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- Endpoint
- No remote URL documented (local / discovery-only)
- Transport
- Local stdio (npx @perplexity-ai/mcp-server)
- Auth
- PERPLEXITY_API_KEY env
- Docs
- Official documentation
What you can do
- perplexity_search
- perplexity_ask
- perplexity_research
- perplexity_reason
Setup notes
Local alternative to hosted api.perplexity.ai/mcp.
StackMCP does not proxy vendor MCP traffic. Add the endpoint in Claude, Cursor, ChatGPT, or another MCP client and complete the vendor’s auth flow.