@perplexity-ai/mcp-server

What changed

Changed between 4 September 2026 and 5 October 2026 (first seen 2026-10-05 14:31 UTC)

1 description rewritten.

--- pinned/perplexity_search
+++ observed/perplexity_search
  {
    "annotations": {
      "destructiveHint": false,
-   "description": "Search the web and return a ranked list of results with titles, URLs, snippets, and dates. Best for: finding specific URLs, checking recent news, verifying facts, discovering sources. Returns formatted results (title, URL, snippet, date) with no AI synthesis. Supports recency filters and domain restrictions. For AI-generated answers with citations, use perplexity_ask instead.",
+   "description": "Search the web and return a ranked list of results with titles, URLs, snippets, and dates. Best for: finding specific URLs, checking recent news, verifying facts, discovering sources. Returns formatted results (title, URL, snippet, date) with no AI synthesis. Supports recency filters, domain restrictions, and a lower-latency fast search mode. For AI-generated answers with citations, use perplexity_ask instead.",
    "execution": {
      "taskSupport": "forbidden"
    },
+       },
+       "search_type": {
+         "description": "Search backend. 'web' (default) is the standard web search. 'fast' is lower latency and lower cost; prefer it for routine lookups inside agent loops, and keep 'web' for rare or ambiguous questions.",
+         "enum": [
+           "web",
+           "fast"
+         ],
+         "type": "string"
        }
      },
      "required": [

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