# perplexity-mcp-fastmcp

> MCP integration for Perplexity AI web searches

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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/perplexity-mcp-fastmcp/claim

## Declared
- publisher: Jason Allen
- homepage: https://github.com/fastmcp-me/perplexity-mcp#readme
- repository: https://github.com/fastmcp-me/perplexity-mcp#readme
- version: 0.1.7
- protocols: mcp
- tags: mcp
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:perplexity-mcp-fastmcp

### Description (declared)

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# perplexity-mcp MCP server

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A Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that provides web search functionality using [Perplexity AI's](https://www.perplexity.ai/) API. Works with the [Anthropic](https://www.anthropic.com/news/model-context-protocol) Claude desktop client.

## Example

Let's you use prompts like, "Search the web to find out what's new at Anthropic in the past week."

## Glama Scores

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## Components

### Prompts

The server provides a single prompt:

- perplexity_search_web: Search the web using Perplexity AI
  - Required "query" argument for the search query
  - Optional "recency" argument to filter results by time period:
    - 'day': last 24 hours
    - 'week': last 7 days
    - 'month': last 30 days (default)
    - 'year': last 365 days
  - Uses Perplexity's API to perform web searches

### Tools

The server implements one tool:

- perplexity_search_web: Search the web using Perplexity AI
  - Takes "query" as a required string argument
  - Optional "recency" parameter to filter results (day/week/month/year)
  - Returns search results…

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- data.web-search (0.894, derived)
- ai.prompting (0.791, derived)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/perplexity-mcp-fastmcp/ (first seen 2026-09-10T09:26:03.747Z)

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