# perplexica-mcp

> A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides search functionality using Perplexica's AI-powered search engine

Record `iflow-mcp-thetom42-perplexica-mcp` (mcp_server) · JSON: https://wellknown.network/agents/iflow-mcp-thetom42-perplexica-mcp/record.json · HTML: https://wellknown.network/agents/iflow-mcp-thetom42-perplexica-mcp
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## Observed
- status: unknown
- reason: Distributed as a package to run locally; no network endpoint to check.
- 30-day reliability: no checks yet

## Verification
- owner verified: no — claim at https://wellknown.network/agents/iflow-mcp-thetom42-perplexica-mcp/claim

## Declared
- homepage: https://github.com/thetom42/perplexica-mcp#readme
- repository: https://github.com/thetom42/perplexica-mcp#readme
- version: 0.3.5
- protocols: mcp
- tags: ai, llm, mcp, model-context-protocol, perplexica, search
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:iflow-mcp_thetom42-perplexica-mcp
  - package_pypi: pypi:perplexica-mcp

### Description (declared)

# Perplexica MCP Server

A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides search functionality using Perplexica's AI-powered search engine.

## Features

- **Search Tool**: AI-powered web search with multiple focus modes
- **Multiple Transport Support**: stdio, SSE, and Streamable HTTP transports
- **FastMCP Integration**: Built using FastMCP for robust MCP protocol compliance
- **Unified Architecture**: Single server implementation supporting all transport modes
- **Production Ready**: Docker support with security best practices

## Development Environment

### For Claude Code Users

**Important**: If you are using Claude Code for development, this project requires the use of the `container-use` MCP server for all development operations. All file operations, code changes, and shell commands must be executed within container-use environments.

#### Working with Container-Use (Claude Code Only)

When contributing to this project using Claude Code, you must:

1. **Use Container-Use Only**: All file operations, code editing, and shell commands must be performed using container-use environments
2. **View Your Work**: After making changes, inform others how to access your work:
   - Use `container-use log <env_id>` to view the development log
   - Use `container-use checkout <env_id>` to check out your environment
3. **No Local Operations**: Do not perform file operations directly on the local filesystem

#### Example Development Workflow (Claude Code)

```bash
# Create a new environment for your work
container-use create --title "Your feature description"

# Make your changes using container-use tools
# (All file operations handled by container-use)

# Share your work with others
container-use log <your-env-id>
container-use checkout <your-env-id>
```

This ensures consistency, reproducibility, and proper version control for all development activities when using Claude Code.

### For Other Development Environments

If you are not using Claude Code, you can develop n…

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- dev.terminal (1, derived)
- data.web-search (0.894, derived)
- dev.filesystem (0.882, derived)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/perplexica-mcp/ (first seen 2026-09-10T09:26:02.614Z)
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/iflow-mcp_thetom42-perplexica-mcp/ (first seen 2026-09-09T21:24:23.964Z)

Machine surfaces: status https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/iflow-mcp-thetom42-perplexica-mcp/status · API https://wellknown.network/api/v1/agents/iflow-mcp-thetom42-perplexica-mcp · ARD identifier urn:air::server:iflow-mcp-thetom42-perplexica-mcp