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Research & Data · Search Tools
Perplexity Tool for Claude Desktop
letsbuildagent/perplexity-tool
A custom MCP tool that integrates Perplexity AI's API with Claude Desktop, allowing Claude to perform web-based research and provide answers with citations.
Install
Client configuration
{
"mcpServers": {
"perplexity-tool": {
"command": "node",
"args": [
"/full/path/to/perplexity-tool/server.js"
]
}
}
}Environment variables
PERPLEXITY_API_KEY- GitHub stars
- 2
- Author
- @letsbuildagent
- Category
- Research & Data, Search Tools
- License
- MIT
- Updated
- Oct 6, 2026
Tools (4)
temperature
Controls response randomness (0-2)
max_tokens
Limits response length
search_domain_filter
Restricts search to specific domains
search_recency_filter
Filters by time period (day/week/month/year)
Details on this page are taken from the project's README. Open README
Supported clients
Clients mentioned in this server's README:
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