Perplexity Ask MCP (Sonar)
Official Perplexity server giving agents real-time, web-grounded answers via the Sonar API.
🛡️ AgentReady threat assessment
MAESTRO 7-layer threat model + OWASP AIVSS risk score for Perplexity Ask MCP (Sonar), derived from its capabilities.
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Overview
Perplexity's MCP server connects agents to the Sonar API for live, citation-backed web search and Q&A. Tool surface includes perplexity_ask (and research/reasoning variants) that return synthesized answers with sources. Security surface: it holds a Perplexity API key, spends per-query credits, and returns web-sourced text that can carry injected content into the model.
Key features
- Real-time web-grounded answers with citations
- Sonar reasoning and deep-research variants
- Drop-in tool for any MCP client
Use cases
- Give an agent up-to-date, cited web knowledge
- Fact-check or research inside a chat client