How to integrate Perplexityai MCP with LangChain

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Introduction

This guide walks you through connecting Perplexityai to LangChain using the Composio tool router. By the end, you'll have a working Perplexityai agent that can run chat completions, search the web, create embeddings, execute agents, and check your usage analytics through natural language commands.

This guide will help you understand how to give your LangChain agent real control over a Perplexityai account through Composio's Perplexityai MCP server.

Before we dive in, let's take a quick look at the key ideas and tools involved.

For exact tool slugs and parameter tables, see the tool catalog in the Composio docs.

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TL;DR

Here's what you'll learn:
  • Get and set up your OpenAI and Composio API keys
  • Connect your Perplexityai project to Composio
  • Create a Tool Router MCP session for Perplexityai
  • Initialize an MCP client and retrieve Perplexityai tools
  • Build a LangChain agent that can interact with Perplexityai
  • Set up an interactive chat interface for testing

What is LangChain?

LangChain is a framework for developing applications powered by language models. It provides tools and abstractions for building agents that can reason, use tools, and maintain conversation context.

Key features include:

  • Agent Framework: Build agents that can use tools and make decisions
  • MCP Integration: Connect to external services through Model Context Protocol adapters
  • Memory Management: Maintain conversation history across interactions
  • Multi-Provider Support: Works with OpenAI, Anthropic, and other LLM providers

What is the Perplexityai MCP server, and what's possible with it?

The Perplexity AI MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your Perplexity AI account. It provides structured and secure access to Perplexity AI's conversational models, web search, embeddings, and agent execution, so your agent can search the web, generate responses, run Perplexity agents, create embeddings, and manage asynchronous chat requests on your behalf.

  • Web search: Have your agent search the web and return relevant results for research, fact-finding, or current topics.
  • Conversational responses: Let the agent use Perplexity Sonar models to answer questions, explain topics, and generate human-like text.
  • Asynchronous chat tasks: Direct your agent to start longer chat requests, check their progress, and review previously submitted requests.
  • Perplexity agent execution: Instruct your agent to run a Perplexity agent for tasks that need an agent-generated response.
  • Text embeddings and model discovery: Have your agent create standard or contextualized embeddings for text and view the Perplexity models available to your account.

What is the Composio tool router, and how does it fit here?

What is Composio SDK?

Composio's Composio SDK helps agents find the right tools for a task at runtime. You can plug in multiple toolkits (like Gmail, HubSpot, and GitHub), and the agent will identify the relevant app and action to complete multi-step workflows. This can reduce token usage and improve the reliability of tool calls. Read more here: Getting started with Composio SDK

The tool router generates a secure MCP URL that your agents can access to perform actions.

How the Composio SDK works

The Composio SDK follows a three-phase workflow:

  1. Discovery: Searches for tools matching your task and returns relevant toolkits with their details.
  2. Authentication: Checks for active connections. If missing, creates an auth config and returns a connection URL via Auth Link.
  3. Execution: Executes the action using the authenticated connection.

Step-by-step Guide

Step by step10 STEPS
1

Prerequisites

Before starting this tutorial, make sure you have:
  • Python 3.10 or higher installed on your system
  • A Composio account with an API key
  • An OpenAI API key
  • Basic familiarity with Python and async programming
2

Getting API Keys for OpenAI and Composio

OpenAI API Key
  • Go to the OpenAI dashboard and create an API key. You'll need credits to use the models, or you can connect to another model provider.
  • Keep the API key safe.
Composio API Key
  • Log in to the Composio dashboard.
  • Navigate to your API settings and generate a new API key.
  • Store this key securely as you'll need it for authentication.
3

Install dependencies

npm install @composio/langchain @langchain/core @langchain/openai @langchain/mcp-adapters dotenv

Install the required packages for LangChain with MCP support.

What's happening:

  • @composio/langchain provides Composio integration for LangChain
  • @langchain/mcp-adapters enables MCP client connections
  • @langchain/core is the core agent framework
  • dotenv/config loads environment variables
4

Set up environment variables

bash
COMPOSIO_API_KEY=your_composio_api_key_here
COMPOSIO_USER_ID=your_composio_user_id_here
OPENAI_API_KEY=your_openai_api_key_here

Create a .env file in your project root.

What's happening:

  • COMPOSIO_API_KEY authenticates your requests to Composio's API
  • COMPOSIO_USER_ID identifies the user for session management
  • OPENAI_API_KEY enables access to OpenAI's language models
5

Import dependencies

import { Composio } from '@composio/core';
import { LangchainProvider } from '@composio/langchain';
import { MultiServerMCPClient } from "@langchain/mcp-adapters";
import { createAgent } from "langchain";
import * as readline from 'readline';
import 'dotenv/config';

dotenv.config();
What's happening:
  • We're importing LangChain's MCP adapter and Composio SDK
  • The dotenv/config import loads environment variables from your .env file
  • This setup prepares the foundation for connecting LangChain with Perplexityai functionality through MCP
6

Initialize Composio client

const composioApiKey = process.env.COMPOSIO_API_KEY;
const userId = process.env.COMPOSIO_USER_ID;

if (!composioApiKey) throw new Error('COMPOSIO_API_KEY is not set');
if (!userId) throw new Error('COMPOSIO_USER_ID is not set');

async function main() {
    const composio = new Composio({
        apiKey: composioApiKey as string,
        provider: new LangchainProvider()
    });
What's happening:
  • We're loading the COMPOSIO_API_KEY from environment variables and validating it exists
  • Creating a Composio instance that will manage our connection to Perplexityai tools
  • Validating that COMPOSIO_USER_ID is also set before proceeding
7

Create a Tool Router session

const session = await composio.create(
    userId as string,
    {
        toolkits: ['perplexityai']
    }
);

const url = session.mcp.url;
What's happening:
  • We're creating a Tool Router session that gives your agent access to Perplexityai tools
  • The create method takes the user ID and specifies which toolkits should be available
  • The returned session.mcp.url is the MCP server URL that your agent will use
  • This approach allows the agent to dynamically load and use Perplexityai tools as needed
8

Configure the agent with the MCP URL

const client = new MultiServerMCPClient({
    "perplexityai-agent": {
        transport: "http",
        url: url,
        headers: {
            "x-api-key": process.env.COMPOSIO_API_KEY
        }
    }
});

const tools = await client.getTools();

const agent = createAgent({ model: "gpt-5", tools });
What's happening:
  • We're creating a MultiServerMCPClient that connects to our Perplexityai MCP server via HTTP
  • The client is configured with a name and the URL from our Tool Router session
  • getTools() retrieves all available Perplexityai tools that the agent can use
  • We're creating a LangChain agent using the GPT-5 model
9

Set up interactive chat interface

let conversationHistory: any[] = [];

console.log("Chat started! Type 'exit' or 'quit' to end the conversation.\n");
console.log("Ask any Perplexityai related question or task to the agent.\n");

const rl = readline.createInterface({
    input: process.stdin,
    output: process.stdout,
    prompt: 'You: '
});

rl.prompt();

rl.on('line', async (userInput: string) => {
    const trimmedInput = userInput.trim();

    if (['exit', 'quit', 'bye'].includes(trimmedInput.toLowerCase())) {
        console.log("\nGoodbye!");
        rl.close();
        process.exit(0);
    }

    if (!trimmedInput) {
        rl.prompt();
        return;
    }

    conversationHistory.push({ role: "user", content: trimmedInput });
    console.log("\nAgent is thinking...\n");

    const response = await agent.invoke({ messages: conversationHistory });
    conversationHistory = response.messages;

    const finalResponse = response.messages[response.messages.length - 1]?.content;
    console.log(`Agent: ${finalResponse}\n`);
        
        rl.prompt();
    });

    rl.on('close', () => {
        console.log('\n👋 Session ended.');
        process.exit(0);
    });
What's happening:
  • We initialize an empty conversationHistory list to maintain context across interactions
  • A readline interface is used to continuously accept user input from the command line
  • When a user types a message, it's added to the conversation history and sent to the agent
  • The agent processes the request using the invoke() method with the full conversation history
  • Users can type 'exit', 'quit', or 'bye' to end the chat session gracefully
10

Run the application

main().catch((err) => {
    console.error('Fatal error:', err);
    process.exit(1);
});
What's happening:
  • We call the main() function to start the application

Complete Code

Here's the complete code to get you started with Perplexityai and LangChain:

import { Composio } from '@composio/core';
import { LangchainProvider } from '@composio/langchain';
import { MultiServerMCPClient } from "@langchain/mcp-adapters";  
import { createAgent } from "langchain";
import * as readline from 'readline';
import 'dotenv/config';

const composioApiKey = process.env.COMPOSIO_API_KEY;
const userId = process.env.COMPOSIO_USER_ID;

if (!composioApiKey) throw new Error('COMPOSIO_API_KEY is not set');
if (!userId) throw new Error('COMPOSIO_USER_ID is not set');

async function main() {
    const composio = new Composio({
        apiKey: composioApiKey as string,
        provider: new LangchainProvider()
    });

    const session = await composio.create(
        userId as string,
        {
            toolkits: ['perplexityai']
        }
    );

    const url = session.mcp.url;
    
    const client = new MultiServerMCPClient({
        "perplexityai-agent": {
            transport: "http",
            url: url,
            headers: {
                "x-api-key": process.env.COMPOSIO_API_KEY
            }
        }
    });
    
    const tools = await client.getTools();
  
    const agent = createAgent({ model: "gpt-5", tools });
    
    let conversationHistory: any[] = [];
    
    console.log("Chat started! Type 'exit' or 'quit' to end the conversation.\n");
    console.log("Ask any Perplexityai related question or task to the agent.\n");
    
    const rl = readline.createInterface({
        input: process.stdin,
        output: process.stdout,
        prompt: 'You: '
    });

    rl.prompt();

    rl.on('line', async (userInput: string) => {
        const trimmedInput = userInput.trim();
        
        if (['exit', 'quit', 'bye'].includes(trimmedInput.toLowerCase())) {
            console.log("\nGoodbye!");
            rl.close();
            process.exit(0);
        }
        
        if (!trimmedInput) {
            rl.prompt();
            return;
        }
        
        conversationHistory.push({ role: "user", content: trimmedInput });
        console.log("\nAgent is thinking...\n");
        
        const response = await agent.invoke({ messages: conversationHistory });
        conversationHistory = response.messages;
        
        const finalResponse = response.messages[response.messages.length - 1]?.content;
        console.log(`Agent: ${finalResponse}\n`);
        
        rl.prompt();
    });

    rl.on('close', () => {
        console.log('\nSession ended.');
        process.exit(0);
    });
}

main().catch((err) => {
    console.error('Fatal error:', err);
    process.exit(1);
});

Conclusion

You've successfully built a LangChain agent that can interact with Perplexityai through Composio's Tool Router.

Key features of this implementation:

  • Dynamic tool loading through Composio's Tool Router
  • Conversation history maintenance for context-aware responses
  • Async Python provides clean, efficient execution of agent workflows
You can extend this further by adding error handling, implementing specific business logic, or integrating additional Composio toolkits to create multi-app workflows.
TOOLS

Supported Tools

Every Perplexityai action and event your agent gets out of the box.

Cancel Agent Response

Request cancellation of an existing durable agent response.

Create Async Chat Completion

Create Async Chat Completion (POST /v1/async/sonar).

Create Chat Completion

Generate a chat-compatible response from conversation messages, with optional search controls.

Create Contextualized Embeddings

Create Contextualized Embeddings (POST /v1/contextualizedembeddings).

CreateEmbeddings

Generate vector embeddings for independent texts (queries, sentences, documents).

Create Orchestrator Chat Completion

Create a non-streaming OpenAI-compatible chat completion using a cataloged Orchestrator model.

Create Orchestrator Message

Create a non-streaming Anthropic-compatible message using an Orchestrator catalog model.

CreateOrchestratorResponse

Generate a non-streaming model response through the Perplexity Orchestrator using a creator/model-name catalog ID, input text or structured items, optional tools, and structured output settings.

Create Skill

Create a Project-owned skill from a ZIP bundle containing SKILL.

Delete Skill

Delete a skill only if its current revision matches expected_revision.

Download Agent Response File

Download a file delivered by an Agent response's share_file tool.

Evaluate Decisions

Evaluate named yes/no, choice, and score questions against shared content.

Execute Agent

Create Agent Response (POST /v1/agent).

Get Agent Response

Retrieve a stored Agent response as a JSON snapshot (GET /v1/agent/{id}).

Get Async Chat Completion

Get Async Chat Completion (GET /v1/async/sonar/{id}).

Get Member Usage Analytics

Get organization Perplexity usage per member in daily UTC buckets.

Get Orchestrator Model

Retrieve one Orchestrator model by its full provider/model id.

Get Skill

Get a skill's metadata by identifier, optionally at a specific revision.

Get Skill Download URL

Get a short-lived URL to download a skill bundle as a ZIP, optionally for a specific revision; omit the revision to select the active revision.

Get Usage Analytics

Get an organization's Perplexity Computer usage as a bucketed time series.

List Agent Response Files

List files an agent response delivered from its sandbox using share_file.

List Async Chat Completions

List a page of legacy asynchronous Sonar chat completion requests for the authenticated user, including their statuses.

List Models

List Models (GET /v1/models).

List Orchestrator Models

List available Orchestrator API models sorted by id, with base token prices.

List Skill Revisions

List a skill's revisions, newest first.

List Skills

List skills in the authenticated Project, newest first.

Perplexity Search (Raw Results)

Search the Web (POST /search).

Update Skill

Upload a new ZIP bundle as a revision of an existing Project-owned skill.

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