# arjunkmrm-perplexity-search

Brings live web searches via Perplexity Sonar models directly to AI coding assistants. Supplies retrieved content alongside web source citations.

- MCP server · `type=mcp` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Windsurf (Devin Desktop), Cline, Zed, Gemini CLI · ★ 10
- Author: arjunkmrm
- License: not stated · policy=link-only · description only; the file stays with the author
- Source: https://github.com/arjunkmrm/perplexity-search
- Updated: 2026-01-27
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/mcp/arjunkmrm-perplexity-search

## What it does

This server equips coding agents with a `search` function powered by Perplexity chat completion endpoints. Queries route through `sonar` or `sonar-pro` engines to retrieve current web information. Every response returns textual findings paired with an array of reference URLs in `citations`.

The integration accepts a mandatory `query` string and an optional `search_recency_filter`. You can constrain hits to four intervals: `hour`, `day`, `week`, or `month`. Omitting this field leaves the query unbounded by publication date.

Authentication relies strictly on the `PERPLEXITY_API_KEY` environment variable. Without this credential present in your configuration, search operations will fail immediately. The code is shared under the MIT license.

## Requirements
- Remote server: `https://server.smithery.ai/@arjunkmrm/perplexity-search/mcp`

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

**Platform CLI: remote server**
```bash
claude mcp add --transport http arjunkmrm-perplexity-search https://server.smithery.ai/@arjunkmrm/perplexity-search/mcp
```

### Codex

**Platform CLI: remote server**
```bash
codex mcp add arjunkmrm-perplexity-search --url https://server.smithery.ai/@arjunkmrm/perplexity-search/mcp
```

### Cursor

**Config file**
File `.cursor/mcp.json`:
```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "arjunkmrm-perplexity-search": {
            "url": "https://server.smithery.ai/@arjunkmrm/perplexity-search/mcp"
        }
    }
}
```

### GitHub Copilot

**Config file**
File `.vscode/mcp.json`:
```json
{
    "servers": {
        "arjunkmrm-perplexity-search": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://server.smithery.ai/@arjunkmrm/perplexity-search/mcp"
        }
    }
}
```

### Gemini CLI

**Platform CLI: remote server**
```bash
gemini mcp add -t http arjunkmrm-perplexity-search https://server.smithery.ai/@arjunkmrm/perplexity-search/mcp
```

## When to use it
- fetch up-to-date web answers using Perplexity Sonar engines
- narrow query outcomes to articles published within an hour, day, week, or month
- extract citation links to verify external information

## Example prompts
- Search Perplexity for recent updates on React releases from this past week
- Look up current library documentation changes published in the last day

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