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MCP on Perplexity

Connect Onboard hosted MCP to Perplexity with your API key and production URLs.

Perplexity can use remote Model Context Protocol servers over HTTP.

Before you start

Complete the requirements on MCP setup (Admin access, MCP plan, API key from Integrations → API).

Configure Remote MCP

  1. Navigate to https://www.perplexity.ai/computer/connectors or login to your Perplexity account, select your profile > click all settings > select "Connectors"

  2. Select the option + Custom connector

  3. Fill in the connector details with the following information:

name: Onboard
MCP server URL: https://rest.onboard.io/mcp/sse

Perplexity custom connector example

  1. Under "Advanced" select "API Key" and enter your Onboard API key into the field

  2. For "Transport" select SSE

  3. Click "Add"

  4. Once installed, you can have perplexity use the Onboard MCP by asking things like:

Using the onboard mcp, can you search for customers that match the name "Onboard"

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