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Not the official Perplexity MCP server. This one is built by the community. Perplexity makes its own: Perplexity MCP Server →

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Version
0.8.60
last commit Jul 2026

Perplexity AI search, reasoning, research, and compute - MCP server, dashboard, and multi-IDE auto-config for VS Code.

Works in

12 should work

Tap an app to see how to set it up and any known problems.

Install VSCode-Perplexity MCP

Claude Code

  1. 1

    Copy this prompt.

    Add the VSCode-Perplexity MCP server to Claude Code. Run this command:

claude mcp add vscode-perplexity -- npx -y perplexity-user-mcp

Then check that it loaded and tell me if I need to sign in or restart.
  2. 2

    Paste it into Claude Code. It shows the change and asks before running it.

Requires Node.js.

Built from the package data we hold. Not yet tested by us.

Tools

We don't list VSCode-Perplexity MCP's tools here yet. After you connect it, ask your assistant "What can you do with VSCode-Perplexity MCP?" to see them.

Security advisories

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No published security advisories as of Nov 1, 2026.

Information

updated Nov 2, 2026

Publisher
Community
Package
perplexity-user-mcp
Registry
npm
Version
0.8.60
License
MIT
Last commit
Jul 17, 2026
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