# Perplexity — Pipedream Connect

> Search and discovery with AI.

- API slug: `perplexity` (use in MCP headers and tool keys)
- Auth: API key (Pipedream-managed)
- Categories: Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Website: https://www.perplexity.ai
- This page (HTML): https://pipedream.com/apps/perplexity
- Tools: 6 actions · 0 triggers

## Connect via MCP (recommended)

- Endpoint: `https://remote.mcp.pipedream.net/v3`
- Headers: `Authorization: Bearer <token>` · `x-pd-project-id` · `x-pd-environment` · `x-pd-external-user-id` · `x-pd-app-slug: perplexity`

```ts
import { Client } from "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/client/index.js"
import { StreamableHTTPClientTransport } from "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/client/streamableHttp.js"
import { PipedreamClient } from "@pipedream/sdk"

const pd = new PipedreamClient({
  projectId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_PROJECT_ID!,
  clientId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_ID!,
  clientSecret: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_SECRET!,
  projectEnvironment: "production",
})

const accessToken = await pd.rawAccessToken

const transport = new StreamableHTTPClientTransport(
  new URL("https://remote.mcp.pipedream.net/v3"),
  {
    requestInit: {
      headers: {
        Authorization: `Bearer ${accessToken}`,
        "x-pd-project-id": process.env.PIPEDREAM_PROJECT_ID!,
        "x-pd-environment": "production",
        "x-pd-external-user-id": "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
        "x-pd-app-slug": "perplexity",
      },
    },
  },
)

const mcp = new Client({ name: "my-agent", version: "1.0.0" })
await mcp.connect(transport)

const { tools } = await mcp.listTools()

// e.g. run Chat Completions:
const result = await mcp.callTool({
  name: "perplexity-chat-completions",
  arguments: {
    model: "Model",
    content: "Content",
  },
})
```

Docs: [MCP guide](https://pipedream.com/docs/connect/mcp/developers.md)

## API proxy

For a Perplexity endpoint with no pre-built tool, the proxy forwards your request with the connected user's credentials attached.

```bash
# The path segment is the target URL, URL-safe base64 encoded:
# https://api.perplexity.ai/chat/completions

curl "https://api.pipedream.com/v1/connect/{project_id}/proxy/aHR0cHM6Ly9hcGkucGVycGxleGl0eS5haS9jaGF0L2NvbXBsZXRpb25z?external_user_id={external_user_id}&account_id=apn_xxxxxxx" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}" \
  -H "x-pd-environment: production"
```

Docs: [API proxy guide](https://pipedream.com/docs/connect/api-proxy.md)

## SDK

```ts
import { PipedreamClient } from "@pipedream/sdk"

const pd = new PipedreamClient({
  projectId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_PROJECT_ID!,
  clientId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_ID!,
  clientSecret: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_SECRET!,
  projectEnvironment: "production",
})

const result = await pd.actions.run({
  id: "perplexity-chat-completions",
  externalUserId: "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
  configuredProps: {
    perplexity: { authProvisionId: "apn_xxxxxxx" },
    model: "Model",
    content: "Content",
  },
})
```

Docs: [Managed auth guide](https://pipedream.com/docs/connect/managed-auth/quickstart.md) · [Tools guide](https://pipedream.com/docs/connect/components.md)

## Actions (6)

### `perplexity-chat-completions` — Chat Completions (Write)

Generates a model's response for the given chat conversation. See the documentation

Full schema: https://pipedream.com/apps/perplexity/actions/chat-completions.md

### `perplexity-chat-completions-advanced` — Chat Completions (Advanced) (Write)

Generates a model's response for the given chat conversation with multi-message support and Perplexity search controls. Docs: https://docs.perplexity.ai/api-reference/chat-completions-post

Full schema: https://pipedream.com/apps/perplexity/actions/chat-completions-advanced.md

### `perplexity-create-contextualized-embeddings` — Create Contextualized Embeddings (Read-only)

Generates contextualized vector embeddings for grouped text inputs. See the documentation

Full schema: https://pipedream.com/apps/perplexity/actions/create-contextualized-embeddings.md

### `perplexity-create-embeddings` — Create Embeddings (Read-only)

Generates vector embeddings for text inputs. See the documentation

Full schema: https://pipedream.com/apps/perplexity/actions/create-embeddings.md

### `perplexity-create-response` — Create Response (Agent API) (Write)

Creates a response using the Agent API with presets, third-party models, and tools. See the documentation

Full schema: https://pipedream.com/apps/perplexity/actions/create-response.md

### `perplexity-search` — Search (Read-only)

Performs a web search and returns raw, ranked results. See the documentation

Full schema: https://pipedream.com/apps/perplexity/actions/search.md

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