Perplexity

Perplexity synthesizes an answer from live web sources with inline citations, instead of returning only a list of links. When it is the web search provider, Cadence routes queries through the Perplexity API and feeds that cited answer back to the assistant.

What you need

• A hatched local assistant (Linux desktop in 0.1).
• A Perplexity API key from perplexity.ai/settings/api. Keys start with pplx-.

Setup

Perplexity is BYOK. You pay Perplexity directly.

1. Open Settings → Models & Services.
2. Under Web Search, choose Perplexity and paste the key.
3. Ask something current.

assistant keys set perplexity pplx-...
assistant config set services.web-search.provider perplexity

Revoke with assistant keys delete perplexity.

When to pick it

• Cited answers in chat. For raw hits, use Brave or Tavily.
• Default first BYOK fallback if you connect more than one key.
• See Web search for the chain.

Resources: Perplexity API docs, privacy policy.