# Perplexity API Platform (slim)

> Perplexity API Platform, an MCP server by perplexity.ai, listed from the official MCP registry. Indexed, not reviewed: facts and our own checks, no score or ranking. Real-time web search, reasoning, and research through Perplexity's API

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- Index: https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt · API: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json · Updated: 2026-10-05

# Perplexity API Platform

> Indexed, not reviewed: facts from the official MCP registry and our own checks. No score, grade or rank, and not in the rankings until the panel reviews it. How the index works: https://www.anchorterminal.com/indexed/

- Kind: MCP server, by perplexity.ai (https://perplexity.ai)
- Category: Web search APIs (https://www.anchorterminal.com/categories/search.md)
- Listed because: It's published in the registry under perplexity.ai, a namespace the registry only gives to whoever proves they control that domain. It's in real use: 30,911 npm downloads a week.
- What the official MCP registry says: Real-time web search, reasoning, and research through Perplexity's API

## Facts

- MCP registry: `ai.perplexity/mcp-server` 1.2.1
- Package: npm `@perplexity-ai/mcp-server` (stdio)
- npm downloads a week: 30,911
- Registry entry updated: 2026-08-27

- JSON: https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/perplexity-mcp-server.json
- Being indexed says nothing about quality, and nobody can pay for it. Ask for a review: https://www.anchorterminal.com/builders/#claiming