Perplexity Browser MCP

Overview

Perplexity Browser MCP is a Model Context Protocol server that lets you search Perplexity directly through your browser login, returning answers, sources, and thread URLs without needing an API key. Any MCP-compatible AI assistant can call its tools to perform searches during conversations or agent runs.

The server runs locally on your machine via the npm package perplexity-browser-mcp, communicating over stdio. It requires no credentials to get started and works out of the box. The latest release is v1.4.0, available from https://git.xsooi.com/xs1128/perplexity.

Perplexity Browser MCP is categorized as Development on mcp.site and integrates with MCP clients including Claude Desktop, Claude Code, Cursor, VS Code, Windsurf, Zed, and others. If you maintain this project for xs1128, claim this listing to verify ownership and keep information up to date.

Installation

// claude_desktop_config.json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "perplexity_browser_mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "perplexity-browser-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}