perplexity_search

Tool

Get ranked search results from Perplexity’s continuously refreshed index with advanced filtering and customization options.

Pricing

Per call

$0.02

Model

flat

Pay only for what you use. No subscriptions.

Inputs

last_updated_before_filter

string

country

string

max_tokens

integer

search_language_filter

array

query *

string

max_tokens_per_page

integer

search_after_date

string

max_results

integer

search_domain_filter

array

search_recency_filter

string

search_before_date

string

last_updated_after_filter

string

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API

MCP Config

Input Parameters

last_updated_before_filter

Perplexity-Specific: Filters search results to only include content last updated before this date. Format should be %m/%d/%Y (e.g., '12/30/2025').

country

Country code to filter search results by geographic location (e.g., 'US', 'GB', 'DE').

max_tokens

The maximum total number of tokens of webpage content returned across all search results. This sets the overall content budget for the search operation. Higher values return more content in the snippet fields. Use in combination with max_tokens_per_page to control content distribution.

search_language_filter

Perplexity-Specific: Filters search results to only include content in the specified languages. Accepts an array of ISO 639-1 language codes (2 lowercase letters). Maximum 10 language codes per request.

query

A search query. Can be a single query or a list of queries for multi-query search.

max_tokens_per_page

Controls the maximum number of tokens retrieved from each webpage during search processing. Higher values provide more comprehensive content extraction but may increase processing time.

search_after_date

Filters search results to only include content published after this date. Format should be %m/%d/%Y (e.g., '10/15/2025').

max_results

The maximum number of search results to return.

search_domain_filter

A list of domains/URLs to limit search results to. Maximum 20 domains.

search_recency_filter

Filters search results based on recency. Specify 'day' for results from the past 24 hours, 'week' for the past 7 days, 'month' for the past 30 days, or 'year' for the past 365 days.

search_before_date

Filters search results to only include content published before this date. Format should be %m/%d/%Y (e.g., '10/16/2025').

last_updated_after_filter

Perplexity-Specific: Filters search results to only include content last updated after this date. Format should be %m/%d/%Y (e.g., '07/01/2025').

Cost per run

Execution cost

$0.02

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Perplexity API

Tool