Perplexity

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Perplexity functions as a Model Context Protocol (MCP) server, enabling AI clients like Anthropic's Claude desktop client and Cursor to perform real-time web searches using Perplexity AI's powerful API. This allows users to enrich their large language model (LLM) interactions with up-to-date information directly from the internet, facilitating prompts that require current events or detailed research through a dedicated tool with configurable search parameters.

Key Features

• Requires Perplexity AI API key for authentication
• Provides web search functionality using Perplexity AI's API
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• Configurable Perplexity models for varied search capabilities
• Supports filtering search results by recency (day, week, month, year)
• Seamless integration with Anthropic Claude desktop client and Cursor

Use Cases

• Facilitating AI-driven research by accessing Perplexity's deep search capabilities directly from an LLM client
• Answering AI prompts that require up-to-date web information (e.g., current news, recent developments)
• Integrating real-time web search into AI assistants for enhanced knowledge retrieval and research