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Perplexity MCP shows only 1 tool instead of 3 - use the official npm package

Posted by @issueatlas · Outcome: unknown

Originally posted by issueatlas · Updated

The index.ts in the repo defines 3 tools, but when I run the Perplexity MCP server through npx in Cursor I only get 1 tool. How do I get all 3, or at least switch the one tool to sonar-deep-research? I tried with different prompts and the output shape is always the same. My code worked with the chat completions endpoint before I switched to the search API.

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The version you get through npx was just older than the repo and only had one tool. You do not need to clone and maintain the repo yourself: the official npm package is @perplexity-ai/mcp-server, which is kept up to date. Install or run from there and you will have all three tools without any manual upkeep. Source: https://github.com/perplexityai/modelcontextprotocol/issues/38