AI-powered search with citations — real-time web answers grounded in up-to-date sources
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Perplexity MCP brings the power of Perplexity's AI search engine directly into your AI agent. Get real-time, citation-backed answers from the web without the noise of raw search results. Features: - Search with real-time web grounding - Academic mode for research papers and scholarly sources - Pro search for deeper, multi-step reasoning - Source citations with direct URLs - Follow-up question support - Image search capabilities - News-focused search with recency filtering - Related questions and topic expansion Why Perplexity over Brave/Tavily? Perplexity doesn't just return search results — it synthesises them into coherent answers with citations. It's the difference between a list of links and a researched answer. For complex questions requiring synthesis across multiple sources, Perplexity consistently outperforms raw search APIs. Free tier: 5 requests/day. Pro plans from $20/month for unlimited searches.
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