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Connect Perplexity to the Trends API MCP server

Add the Trends API connector in Perplexity with one server URL, sign in once, and get cited answers backed by live trend numbers instead of model memory.

Perplexity reaches the Trends API MCP server through its connector settings. Add a custom connector with the URL https://trendsapi.ai/mcp, sign in on Trends API to authorize, and the three tools join the answer stack: get_time_series for keyword history, get_growth for percent change over preset windows, and get_top_trends for live boards. The authorized key is the same product key as the REST API. Server-level detail sits on MCP server setup.

Add the connector in Perplexity

Open connector settings and add a custom remote MCP connector. Name: Trends API. Server URL: https://trendsapi.ai/mcp. The quickstart on the homepage opens the same flow with the fields filled in. Complete the sign-in on Trends API, then start a new thread so the tool list loads. Nothing is installed locally, and no config file is edited in this flow.

What changes in an answer

A Perplexity answer without the connector can describe a trend from articles. With the connector it can measure one. "Is interest in heat pumps rising" becomes a get_growth call on google search over 12M, and the reply quotes the percent next to the sources it read. "What is on the TikTok board" becomes get_top_trends with type TikTok Trending Hashtags.

History calls take a source string. Board calls take a type label. The full list sits on the sources reference, and naming the platform in the question removes the mapping guess.

Chat answers versus stored data

Perplexity is a reading surface. The reply is prose with numbers in it, which suits a briefing or a quick check before a meeting. A pipeline that stores rows belongs on POST https://api.trendsapi.ai/api, where the reply is JSON a job can write to a table. Only successful 200 responses count against quota; caps sit on pricing. The Gemini CLI version of this setup sits on Gemini Trends MCP.

Perplexity Trends MCP setup

What you get

Perplexity connector URL https://trendsapi.ai/mcp

Sign-in with the same product key as REST

get_time_series, get_growth, and get_top_trends in answers

Source strings and feed labels on one reference page

FAQ

Common questions

Which URL does Perplexity use for the Trends API MCP server?

The connector flow uses https://trendsapi.ai/mcp. Config-file hosts use https://api.trendsapi.ai/mcp with an Authorization Bearer header. Both addresses reach the same server, the same key, and the same three tools.

Why connect a trend server to a search product at all?

Perplexity already searches the web, but web results rarely carry a clean dated series. The MCP tools return weekly 0-100 points, one percent per growth window, and ranked live boards. The answer can cite a page and quote a number from the same reply.

Does Perplexity need its own key for this?

No. The connector sign-in authorizes the same product key as POST /api. One credential covers REST and every MCP host, and revoking it cuts all of them at once.

What breaks if a question names no platform?

Boards need a feed label such as Google Trends or TikTok Trending Hashtags, and history needs a source string such as google search. A question that names the platform gives the model the right argument. A bare 'what is trending' leaves a guess.

Keep exploring

Connect the Trends API MCP server The product MCP URL is https://api.trendsapi.ai/mcp. Same Bearer key as REST. The server exposes get_time_series, get_growth, and get_top_trends. Connect ChatGPT to the Trends API MCP server Add the Trends API app in ChatGPT with the connector URL, sign in once, and ask for keyword history, growth, and live boards in chat. Connect Gemini CLI to the Trends API MCP server Gemini CLI reads MCP servers from settings.json, and remote HTTP servers take an httpUrl field. One entry adds three trend tools to the terminal session.

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