Perplexity· SonarDeveloper tool

MCP Server 1.0: now backed by the Agent API

Perplexity released MCP Server v1.0.0, moving its model-backed tools from legacy Sonar models to Agent API presets (fast, medium, high). The update brings faster and cheaper performance, streaming progress for long-running research, and cancellation support. The strip_thinking and reasoning_effort parameters were removed.

From the source

The Perplexity MCP Server v1.0.0 moves its model-backed tools from the legacy Sonar models to Agent API presets: perplexity_ask uses the fast preset, perplexity_reason uses medium, and perplexity_research uses high. Tool names and response shapes are unchanged, and all three tools are faster and cheaper on average than their Sonar predecessors. Long-running research now streams progress to MCP clients that request it, and cancelling an MCP request cancels the underlying run.

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Announced

23 Jul 2026 19:36 UTC