system_instructions
(string, optional): Custom instructions
How to use it
system_instructions is exposed by the Perplexica MCP MCP server. Add the server to your MCP client (Claude Desktop, Cursor, Windsurf and others), and the system_instructions tool becomes available to the model automatically. See the full listing for setup details and every tool this server provides.
Install Perplexica MCP
uvx perplexica-mcp --helpOther tools in Perplexica MCP (8)
(object, optional): Chat model configuration
(object, optional): Embedding model configuration
(array, optional): Conversation history as [["human", "text"], ["assistant", "text"]] pairs
(string, optional): "speed", "balanced", or "quality"
(string, required): Search query
Performs AI-powered web search using Perplexica.
(array, required): Search sources to use. Valid values: "web", "academic", "discussions". Can combine multiple sources.
(boolean, optional): Whether to stream responses