# perplexity-web-mcp-cli

> CLI, MCP server, and Anthropic/OpenAI API-compatible interface for Perplexity AI.

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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-web-mcp-cli/claim

## Declared
- publisher: Jacob BD
- homepage: https://github.com/jacob-bd/perplexity-web-mcp
- repository: https://github.com/jacob-bd/perplexity-web-mcp
- version: 0.16.1
- protocols: mcp
- tags: perplexity, ai, mcp, anthropic, api, client
- endpoints:
  - package_pypi: pypi:perplexity-web-mcp-cli

### Description (declared)

<p align="center">
  <img src="assets/logo.png" alt="Perplexity Web MCP" width="700">
</p>

# Perplexity Web MCP & CLI

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<p align="center">
  <a href="https://youtu.be/9xyClDvmoZ0">
    <img src="https://img.youtube.com/vi/9xyClDvmoZ0/maxresdefault.jpg" alt="Perplexity Powerhouse + Model Council Demo" width="400">
  </a>
  &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
  <a href="https://youtu.be/ffyibtyk-LQ">
    <img src="https://img.youtube.com/vi/ffyibtyk-LQ/maxresdefault.jpg" alt="Demo Overview" width="400">
  </a>
  <br>
  <sub>▶️ <strong>Watch: <a href="https://youtu.be/9xyClDvmoZ0">Latest Update Demo</a> | <a href="https://youtu.be/ffyibtyk-LQ">Original Overview</a></strong></sub>
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MCP server, CLI, and API-compatible interface for Perplexity AI's web interface.

Use your Perplexity Pro/Max subscription to access premium models (Sonar 2, GPT-6 Sol, GPT-5.6 Terra, Gemini 3.8 Flash, Claude Sonnet 5, Claude Opus 5.5, Kimi K3, GLM 5.3, Grok 4.7, and Nemotron 3 Ultra) from the terminal, through MCP tools, or as an API endpoint.

## Features

- **CLI**: Query Perplexity models directly from the terminal (`pwm ask`, `pwm chat`, `pwm council`, `pwm research`, `pwm config`)
- **MCP Server**: MCP tools for AI agents with citations, rate limit checking, and multi-turn context
- **API Server**: Drop-in Anthropic Messages API and OpenAI Chat Completions API
- **10 Mode…

## Capabilities (derived by Wellknown)
- dev.package-management (0.768, derived)

## Provenance
- pypi: https://pypi.org/project/perplexity-web-mcp-cli/ (first seen 2026-09-10T09:26:04.973Z)

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