What is Perplexity?
Perplexity is a ai & search tool. With OSP.net, your AI agent connects to it directly so it can act on your behalf instead of just answering questions about it.
What your OSP agent can do with Perplexity
- Cited, up-to-date answers from the live web
- Deeper reasoning and research queries
How to connect Perplexity
- Sign in at Perplexity and open the API settings. Sonar API access is pay-as-you-go — add a little credit to start. perplexity.ai → Settings → API
- Generate an API key (pplx-…) and copy it.
- Paste it here and Connect. Your agent gets Perplexity's official Sonar tools — ask it a current question to test. Perplexity Docs: MCP server
Security: The key only spends your Perplexity API credits. Rotate it any time from the same settings page.
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Frequently asked questions
- Can OSP.net connect to Perplexity?
- Yes. Perplexity is a native OSP.net integration — you bring your own Perplexity key or token, paste it in your dashboard, and your agent restarts live.
- What can my OSP agent do with Perplexity?
- Answer-engine web search and research with citations, via Perplexity's official Sonar MCP server. Specifically: Cited, up-to-date answers from the live web; Deeper reasoning and research queries.
- Is Perplexity a native integration or via the gateway?
- Perplexity is a native, baked-in integration. You connect it with your own credentials, which are stored in an encrypted vault and injected only at runtime.
- Is my Perplexity data secure with OSP.net?
- Yes. Your Perplexity credentials live in an encrypted secrets vault, are injected only at container runtime, and are never written to disk in plaintext or used to train any model. Each customer runs in a fully isolated instance.