Perplexity

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Supported Models

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Setup

export PERPLEXITY_API_KEY=pplx-...

profclaw doctor --provider perplexity

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Environment Variables

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Configuration Example

PERPLEXITY_API_KEY=pplx-...

providers:
  perplexity:
    api_key: "${PERPLEXITY_API_KEY}"

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Model Aliases

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Usage Examples

# Current events / web search
profclaw chat --model perplexity "What are the latest changes to the TypeScript spec?"

# Fast web lookup
profclaw chat --model pplx-fast "Current Node.js LTS version?"

import { chat } from 'profclaw';

const response = await chat("What broke in the latest React release?", {
  model: "perplexity",
});

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Notes

• Status: Beta - Perplexity models have unique behavior (web search, citations) that differs from standard chat models.
• API endpoint: https://api.perplexity.ai (OpenAI-compatible)
• All Sonar Online models have real-time internet access built in.
• Responses include source citations automatically.
• Not recommended for tasks requiring deterministic, non-web outputs.

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Related

• AI Providers Overview - Compare all 37 supported providers
• Web Search Tool - Explicit web search for any provider via Brave, Serper, or Tavily
• xAI / Grok - Another provider with real-time data access
• profclaw provider - Add and test providers from the CLI