{"id":"perplexityai-modelcontextprotocol","name":"modelcontextprotocol","af_score":66.8,"security_score":63.5,"reliability_score":37.5,"what_it_does":"Provides an MCP server that exposes Perplexity API capabilities as MCP tools for AI assistants, enabling real-time web search and model-based Q&A/research (search, ask, research, reasoning). Supports both stdio (typical MCP clients) and an optional HTTP deployment mode.","best_when":"You want to add real-time web-grounded capabilities to an MCP-capable assistant using the documented Perplexity API key configuration.","avoid_when":"You need strict, documented rate-limit semantics or idempotency guarantees at the MCP layer (not specified).","last_evaluated":"2026-03-30T13:21:10.234067+00:00","has_mcp":true,"has_api":true,"auth_methods":["API key via PERPLEXITY_API_KEY"],"has_free_tier":false,"known_gotchas":["Some MCP clients may fail due to npx installation/stdout noise; README suggests using `npx -yq` to suppress output.","Long research queries may require increasing `PERPLEXITY_TIMEOUT_MS` (default 5 minutes)."],"error_quality":0.0}