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Install (Claude Code):

claude mcp add erplexity------latform -- npx -y @perplexity-ai/mcp-server
solid

“Four tools described plus the dropped strip_thinking param and the npx -yq stdout fix”

Security audit

scanned 2026-07-30

Every finding is shown in full. A licence adds the detail needed to act on it — which advisory, what the install script does, the version that fixes it.

No known advisoriesclearchecked against OSV for 1.2.0
Makes network requestsfrom declared dependencies
Can carry remote content into your agentunlock detail
Signed build provenancepublished from public CI with an attestation

1 finding here has detail behind a licence. You can see it exists above, free, permanently — Pro tells you what third-party content it can pull into your agent.

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