Perplexity Ask MCP Server

A Model Context Protocol Server connector for Perplexity API, to enable web search without leaving the MCP ecosystem.

→ ppl-ai/modelcontextprotocol · listed on mcp_so

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// key findings

⚠️

Known vulnerabilities in dependencies: 6 high

Affects packages this MCP installs at runtime. Upgrade or remove the affected dependency.

✅

4 tools verified — handlers match their declared behaviour

4 read-only tools verified — handlers contain no write/delete/exec

✅

No credential exfiltration, no sensitive file access, no obfuscation

Static analysis found nothing flowing your secrets to unexpected places.

✅

Open source with a license and README

Anyone can audit the code, the license is declared, and the publisher documents what it does.

🔐

You'll be asked for 1 credential: PERPLEXITY_API_KEY

These are read from process.env at runtime. Make sure you trust where they’ll be sent.

// required environment variables

This server reads these from process.env. You'll be asked to provide them before it can run.

configALLOWED_ORIGINS

configBIND_ADDRESS

configHTTPS_PROXY

configHTTP_PROXY

🔐 secretPERPLEXITY_API_KEY

configPERPLEXITY_BASE_URL

configPERPLEXITY_LOG_LEVEL

configPERPLEXITY_PROXY

configPERPLEXITY_TIMEOUT_MS

configPORT

// full audit trail

The full breakdown of what we checked, the deductions that landed, the network hosts, the dependency advisories, and concrete fix guidance is available to verified publishers.

// improvement guidance — verified publishers only

We have 3 concrete improvements we can share with the publisher of this MCP. Each comes with specific guidance to raise the trust score.

// embed badge in your README

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commit: 79ce21c5798f6993af7cac81da8067a6dc81e20d

code hash: a21053cc6446a62a2c774f70c509391cdf550a53489adda8da36907b98cd2c9c

verified: 4/10/2026, 5:35:40 PM

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