What can an AI teammate do with Perplexity?

Your teammate can search the web in real time, ask direct questions with cited answers, run domain-focused searches (academic, Reddit, YouTube, and more), and pull the latest news, all without leaving your workflow. Because every action is read-only, no approval is needed for any search.

Does my teammate need approval to use Perplexity?

No. All Perplexity actions are read-only, so your teammate can run searches autonomously as part of any task without requiring human approval.

How does Perplexity differ from a standard web search tool?

Perplexity synthesises results from multiple live sources into a single, cited answer rather than returning a raw list of links. This means your teammate receives structured, ready-to-use information instead of having to parse and summarise search results itself.

Can my teammate follow up on a search result?

Yes. Your teammate can chain multiple Perplexity actions together, for example, running a broad search and then using 'get answer' to drill into a specific claim - enabling multi-step research within a single run.

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AI Teammate for Perplexity

An AI teammate that searches the web in real time and surfaces cited, up-to-date answers.

Your AI teammate for Perplexity can search the web, find focused results by topic, retrieve direct answers, and monitor the latest news, all with citations you can verify. Because all Perplexity actions are read-only, your teammate can run searches autonomously without requiring approval.

Perplexity gives your AI teammate live access to the web, so it never has to work from stale training data. Whether it's tracking a fast-moving news story, researching a competitor, or answering a specific question with sources attached, connecting Perplexity means your teammate can ground every response in current, verifiable information.

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What your AI teammate can do with Perplexity

Read-only actions run automatically. Write actions require your approval.

Read-only actions

Run a general web search and return ranked results with citations.

search with focus

Run a targeted search scoped to a specific domain type such as academic papers, Reddit, or YouTube.

get answer

Ask a direct question and receive a concise, cited answer synthesised from live web sources.

search news

Search recent news articles and return headlines, summaries, and source links.

Example workflows with Perplexity

Real tasks you can run on a schedule or on demand.

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generate research briefs grounded in the latest sources

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monitor competitors by tracking product launches and press coverage

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deliver daily news digests on topics relevant to your team

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answer ad-hoc factual questions with citations during a workflow

How to connect Perplexity

Create a free m8tes account.

Connect Perplexity

Click Connect and complete the OAuth flow or enter your API key.

Create a task

Give your AI teammate a task that uses Perplexity. It handles the rest.

Perplexity AI teammate: FAQ

Common questions about using an AI teammate with Perplexity.

Build an AI teammate for Perplexity

Connect Perplexity to an autonomous AI teammate that reads data, runs tasks on schedule, and delivers structured output.

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