How do I install Perplexity Browser MCP?

Copy the stdio config for Cursor, Claude Desktop, Claude Code, or VS Code on this page. It uses the publisher's install, not a PlugMCP proxy.

Does Perplexity Browser MCP need an API key?

The publisher lists these environment variables: PERPLEXITY_PROFILE_DIR.

What transport does Perplexity Browser MCP use?

Perplexity Browser MCP runs locally over stdio.

When was Perplexity Browser MCP last checked?

Last checked 2026-11-10. Search Perplexity using your browser login. Returns answers, sources, and thread URLs. No API key.

Perplexity Browser MCP server

Power your agent

Add this server

The publisher's own command. Not a PlugMCP endpoint.

Add to Cursor Add to VS Code Run on PlugMCP

Host a copy with our keys and logs.

Local command

npx -y [email protected]

Credentials from the publisher

PERPLEXITY_PROFILE_DIR — Optional absolute directory for the local Chromium login profile.

Claude Code has no install link for a local command. Copy the command below and run it in a terminal.

shClaude Code

1PERPLEXITY_PROFILE_DIR=<value> claude mcp add io.github.xs1128-perplexity-browser-mcp -- npx -y perplexity-browser-mcp@1.4.0

Run in a terminal.

jsonClaude Desktop

1{2  "mcpServers": {3    "io.github.xs1128-perplexity-browser-mcp": {4      "command": "npx",5      "args": [6        "-y",7        "[email protected]"8      ],9      "env": {10        "PERPLEXITY_PROFILE_DIR": "<value>"11      }12    }13  }14}

claude_desktop_config.json

Local · npmPublisher installStep-by-step: add this in Claude

Remote URL or a command on your machine? How the two installs differ

Run on PlugMCP

Host a copy with our keys and logs.

A new server you create. It is not this listing's official endpoint. Use the publisher install when you want their URL and their credentials.

Launch

Server facts

Local

Transport: stdio
Version: 1.4.0
API key

Tools

No tool list yet. Remote servers get one after the first health check.

FAQ

Perplexity Browser MCP

Add this server

Host a copy with our keys and logs.

Server facts

Tools

Questions

How do I install Perplexity Browser MCP?

Does Perplexity Browser MCP need an API key?

What transport does Perplexity Browser MCP use?

When was Perplexity Browser MCP last checked?

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