# Getting Started

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Perplexity API Platform - build with the Router, Agent, Search, and Embeddings APIs. Real-time, web-wide research and Q\&A capabilities for your products.
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Generate an API key and make your first call in < 3 minutes.
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Understand Perplexity API pricing, model rates, request fees, billing setup, and rate-limit references.
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:::card{title="Perplexity API MCP Server" href="/guides/getting-started-integrations-mcp-server"}
Connect AI assistants to Perplexity's search and reasoning capabilities using the Model Context Protocol (MCP).
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Give AI assistants the ability to complete real-world tasks using Perplexity Computer through the Model Context Protocol (MCP).
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Install and use Perplexity's pplx command-line interface for web search and query-relevant page snippets from your terminal or coding agent.
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## Related pages

- [Admin & Management](./admin-management-index.md)
- [Agent API](./agent-api-2-index.md)
- [Agent API](./agent-api-index.md)
- [Analytics API](./analytics-api-index.md)
- [Authentication](./authentication-index.md)
- [Changelog](../changelog.md)
- [Cookbook](./cookbook-2-index.md)
- [Embeddings API](./embeddings-api-2-index.md)
- [Embeddings API](./embeddings-api-index.md)
- [More](./more-index.md)

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