Research with real-time web citations
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perplexityai/modelcontextprotocol ↗What it does
Real-time web search, reasoning, and deep research with citations via Perplexity API
Best for
AI agents requiring real-time web research with fact-checking and citation grounding.
Inputs
- · search query
- · optional: recency filter
- · optional: domain restrictions
- · optional: reasoning_effort (fast/balanced/thorough)
Outputs
- · search results with URLs and snippets
- · cited sources list
- · reasoning step-by-step explanation
- · fact-checked answers
Requires
- · Perplexity API key from https://www.perplexity.ai/api
Preconditions
- · Perplexity API account + key
- · Network access to api.perplexity.ai
Failure modes
- · API rate limits on concurrent searches
- · Hallucinations in reasoning mode (despite fact-checking)
- · Latency spike (30s+) for deep research queries
- · Source unavailability or dead links
Trust signals
- · Perplexity official MCP server
- · Install-in-Cursor and VS Code badges
- · Integration with major IDE/agents (Claude, Cursor, Copilot)