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Perplexity Search Integration

AI-powered search with deep reasoning

What Perplexity Search does for your AI

Perplexity Search combines web search with AI reasoning to give your OpenClaw assistant deep research capabilities. Unlike simple search that just returns links, Perplexity synthesizes information across multiple sources, reasons about it, and provides comprehensive, well-cited answers. This is search that thinks. Ask a complex question that requires connecting dots from multiple sources, and Perplexity delivers a coherent, reasoned answer with citations. It excels at questions like "What are the pros and cons of X?" or "How does Y compare to Z?" where simple keyword matching falls short. Perplexity's API gives your AI access to the same reasoning engine that powers their consumer product. For research-heavy tasks, complex questions, and situations where you need more than a list of links, Perplexity enhances your AI's research capabilities.

What you can do with Perplexity Search

Deep research on complex topics
Multi-source synthesis and reasoning
Comparative analysis
Questions requiring context from many sources
Academic and professional research
Technical documentation lookups
Trend analysis and market research

How to set up Perplexity Search

1

Log into perplexity.ai

2

Navigate to Settings → API

3

Generate a new API key

4

Copy the key (starts with 'pplx-')

5

Add the key to MyOpenClaw integrations

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FAQ

Perplexity Search + OpenClaw FAQ

It gives your AI assistant real-time web search with source citations and multi-step reasoning, powered by Perplexity's search API.
Yes, you need a Perplexity API key from their developer portal. Once configured, your AI can search the web and cite sources in any conversation.
Perplexity provides deeper research with reasoning and source synthesis. Brave Search is faster for simple lookups. You can enable both for different use cases.