Perplexity
Perplexity Sonar — web-grounded answers that come back with their citations, plus the Search API and async research jobs.
OCNORA ships 6 typed Perplexity operations. Each node has a schema-driven form, input and output tables beside its settings, and is pre-flighted by Workflow Health before your first real run. Endpoints not covered by a typed node are called at https://api.perplexity.ai through the HTTP node with the same credential.
Before you connect Perplexity
- Authentication
- API key
- Credential
- {"api_key": "…"}
- Connection test
- Available: the stored credential can be checked against the provider when you add it. This is not a record that a test was run or passed.
What you can do with Perplexity
Operations, grouped by what they do to your data.
Create and send 1
Read and search 3
Other operations 2
A sample Perplexity workflow
- 1A core triggerStart the run from a chat, form, manual, schedule, webhook, workflow trigger — no Perplexity trigger is needed.
- 2Get Async Completionperplexity.get_async_completionFetch one async Sonar job by request id, returning its status and — once it has COMPLETED — the answer with its citations.
- 3Askperplexity.askAsk Perplexity Sonar one question and get a web-grounded answer together with the sources it cites.
An outline built from this provider’s node contracts, not a recorded run. Each step’s output fields are available to the next in the field picker.
Every node below has a reference page: what it does, the connection it needs, its config fields with types, constraints and examples, and the shapes it emits.
Operations 6
- AskAsk Perplexity Sonar one question and get a web-grounded answer together with the sources it cites.perplexity.ask
- Chat CompletionRun a full multi-turn conversation through Perplexity Sonar and return the answer with its citations and search results.perplexity.chat_completion
- Start Async CompletionSubmit a long-running Sonar request as a background job and return its request id; use this for sonar-deep-research rather than waiting inline.perplexity.create_async_completion
- Get Async CompletionFetch one async Sonar job by request id, returning its status and — once it has COMPLETED — the answer with its citations.perplexity.get_async_completion
- List Async CompletionsList the async Sonar jobs this API key has submitted, newest first, as lightweight summaries without their full responses.perplexity.list_async_completions
- SearchSearch the web through Perplexity's Search API and return the ranked results with no model and no generated answer.perplexity.search
Perplexity questions
- How does OCNORA authenticate with Perplexity?
- With a stored API key credential, shaped {"api_key": "…"}. A connection test can check it when you add it.
- What can I automate with Perplexity?
- 6 typed operations, each with a reference page listing its config fields and the shapes it emits.
- What if the Perplexity operation I need is not listed?
- Call https://api.perplexity.ai from the HTTP node with the same credential, or describe the step to the AI builder, which asks our team for a typed node when one is missing.
- Are there templates that use Perplexity?
- Not yet. Start from a blank workflow, or describe the workflow to Build with AI.
- How are Perplexity calls controlled?
- Every call and every run step is audited, runs count against the tenant’s token and USD budgets, and Workflow Health pre-flights the workflow when you save it.
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See your first Perplexity workflow run.
Book a technical demo. We add the connection, pick a template or describe the workflow to Build with AI, and Workflow Health checks it before it runs.