Connect Openperplex to Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Claude Code, Codex, Gemini, GitHub Copilot and any other MCP client, for your whole team. Metorial adds security, governance, and tracing, and gives everyone one Magic MCP URL to connect.
Ask your agent in plain language. Each of these maps to a real tool on the server.
Use the custom search tool in Openperplex
Use the web search tool in Openperplex
Use the extract website content tool in Openperplex
Use the website screenshot tool in Openperplex
Use the query url tool in Openperplex
Supported Tools
custom_search
Custom Search
Perform a web search with custom system and user prompts, giving full control over how the LLM processes search results.
Useful for tailored use cases such as summarization, structured extraction, analysis, or domain-specific formatting of search results.
The system prompt controls the LLM's behavior, while the user prompt drives the web search query.
web_search
Web Search
Perform an AI-powered web search that returns an LLM-generated answer along with optional sources and images.
Useful for finding up-to-date information, answering factual questions, and researching topics with cited sources.
Supports localized results across 40+ countries, 14+ response languages, and multiple LLM models.
extract_content
Extract Website Content
Extract the content of a web page as plain text or Markdown.
Useful for ingesting web content into downstream AI pipelines, converting web pages for processing, or archiving page content.
website_screenshot
Website Screenshot
Capture a live screenshot of any web page by providing its URL.
Useful for visual verification, archiving web pages, generating thumbnails, or previewing website content.
query_url
Query URL
Ask a question about the content of a specific web page. The API fetches the page content and uses an LLM to answer the query based on that content.
Useful for extracting specific information from a known URL, summarizing articles, or answering questions about web page content.
Enable Openperplex in Metorial. In your Metorial portal, enable the Openperplex MCP server and sign in with the account that owns the data. Access stays governed by your team policies.
Add a custom connector. Open Customize, then Connectors. Select Add, then Custom, then Web.
Paste your Metorial MCP URL. Name it Metorial, paste your Magic MCP URL (<your-magic-mcp-url>) and continue.
Sign in. Select Add and sign in to load Openperplex tools.
Enable Openperplex in Metorial. In your Metorial portal, enable the Openperplex MCP server and sign in with the account that owns the data. Access stays governed by your team policies.
Add a custom MCP server. On ChatGPT web, open Plugins, select +, then Add custom MCP server.
Paste your Metorial MCP URL. Name it Metorial, paste your Magic MCP URL (<your-magic-mcp-url>), choose OAuth and accept the risk notice.
Create and install the plugin. Select Create as a plugin, install it and sign in to load Openperplex tools.
Enable Openperplex in Metorial. In your Metorial portal, enable the Openperplex MCP server and sign in with the account that owns the data. Access stays governed by your team policies.
Add Metorial to your MCP config. Use ~/.cursor/mcp.json for every project, or .cursor/mcp.json for one.
Sign in. Open Customize in the sidebar, find Metorial and sign in to load Openperplex tools.
{
"mcpServers":{
"metorial":{
"url":"<your-magic-mcp-url>"
}
}
}
Enable Openperplex in Metorial. In your Metorial portal, enable the Openperplex MCP server and sign in with the account that owns the data. Access stays governed by your team policies.
Add the server over HTTP. Add --scope user to use it in every project.
Sign in. Run /mcp, select Metorial and sign in to load Openperplex tools.
claude mcp add --transport http metorial <your-magic-mcp-url>
Enable Openperplex in Metorial. In your Metorial portal, enable the Openperplex MCP server and sign in with the account that owns the data. Access stays governed by your team policies.
Add the server and sign in. The Codex CLI, IDE extension and ChatGPT desktop app share this config.
Check the connection. Type /mcp in Codex to see Metorial and its Openperplex tools.
codex mcp add metorial --url <your-magic-mcp-url>
codex mcp login metorial
Run Openperplex through the Metorial gateway
One governed layer for every app your agents reach, not a separate connector per tool.
Give Openperplex and every other app to your whole team through one MCP gateway, behind your SSO.
Scope which teams and agents can use Openperplex tools with role-based access control, and trace every call.
Prefer to run it yourself? Metorial is open source and self-hostable.
Perform AI-powered web searches with generated answers, sources, and citations. Search with customizable models, locations, languages, and recency filters. Execute custom searches with tailored system prompts for summarization, analysis, or structured extraction. Ask questions about a specific web page, extract content as text or Markdown, and capture downloadable website screenshots.
Frequently asked questions
Common questions about connecting Openperplex to AI agents with Metorial.
How many tools does the Openperplex MCP server have?
The Openperplex MCP server exposes 5 tools, including Custom Search, Web Search, Extract Website Content. Each one is governed and traced through Metorial.
Does the Openperplex MCP server support triggers?
Openperplex exposes tools your agents call on demand; it does not publish event triggers yet. Everything still runs through one governed MCP URL.
Which AI clients can use the Openperplex MCP server?
Any MCP client, including VS Code, Windsurf, Zed, OpenCode and Grok. Each one reaches the Openperplex MCP server through the same Metorial URL.
How do I give only some teams access to Openperplex?
Use role-based access control to decide which teams, users, and agents can use Openperplex and which of its tools they can call.
Can I self-host the Openperplex MCP server?
Yes. Metorial is open source, so you can run the Openperplex MCP server yourself or use the hosted gateway.
Connect Openperplex to production AI agents
See how Metorial gives your team governed access to Openperplex, with tracing and security controls built in.