# How to integrate Perplexityai MCP with Atomic Agent ```json { "title": "How to integrate Perplexityai MCP with Atomic Agent", "toolkit": "Perplexityai", "toolkit_slug": "perplexityai", "framework": "Atomic Agent", "framework_slug": "atomic-agent", "url": "https://composio.dev/toolkits/perplexityai/framework/atomic-agent", "markdown_url": "https://composio.dev/toolkits/perplexityai/framework/atomic-agent.md", "updated_at": "2026-08-28T15:34:27.353Z" } ``` ## Introduction Atomic Agent is an open-source AI agent that runs on your machine and supports local models through llama.cpp. Connect it to 1,500+ apps through Composio, including Perplexityai. This guide uses Atomic Agent's built-in Composio integration. You need Atomic Agent v0.5.6 or later, your own Composio API key, and a Perplexityai account. See the [Atomic Agent documentation](https://atomicagent.io/docs/?cta_placement=atomic-agent-docs) for installation instructions. ## Also integrate Perplexityai with - [ChatGPT](https://composio.dev/toolkits/perplexityai/framework/chatgpt) - [Antigravity](https://composio.dev/toolkits/perplexityai/framework/antigravity) - [OpenAI Agents SDK](https://composio.dev/toolkits/perplexityai/framework/open-ai-agents-sdk) - [Claude Agent SDK](https://composio.dev/toolkits/perplexityai/framework/claude-agents-sdk) - [Claude Code](https://composio.dev/toolkits/perplexityai/framework/claude-code) - [Claude Cowork](https://composio.dev/toolkits/perplexityai/framework/claude-cowork) - [Grok Bot](https://composio.dev/toolkits/perplexityai/framework/grok-bot) - [Codex](https://composio.dev/toolkits/perplexityai/framework/codex) - [Kimi Code](https://composio.dev/toolkits/perplexityai/framework/kimi) - [Grok Build](https://composio.dev/toolkits/perplexityai/framework/grok-build) - [Cursor](https://composio.dev/toolkits/perplexityai/framework/cursor) - [VS Code](https://composio.dev/toolkits/perplexityai/framework/vscode) - [OpenCode](https://composio.dev/toolkits/perplexityai/framework/opencode) - [OpenClaw](https://composio.dev/toolkits/perplexityai/framework/openclaw) - [Hermes](https://composio.dev/toolkits/perplexityai/framework/hermes-agent) - [CLI](https://composio.dev/toolkits/perplexityai/framework/cli) - [Google ADK](https://composio.dev/toolkits/perplexityai/framework/google-adk) - [LangChain](https://composio.dev/toolkits/perplexityai/framework/langchain) - [Vercel AI SDK](https://composio.dev/toolkits/perplexityai/framework/ai-sdk) - [Mastra AI](https://composio.dev/toolkits/perplexityai/framework/mastra-ai) - [LlamaIndex](https://composio.dev/toolkits/perplexityai/framework/llama-index) - [CrewAI](https://composio.dev/toolkits/perplexityai/framework/crew-ai) - [Pydantic AI](https://composio.dev/toolkits/perplexityai/framework/pydantic-ai) - [AutoGen](https://composio.dev/toolkits/perplexityai/framework/autogen) ## TL;DR ### How Atomic Agent connects to Perplexityai Atomic Agent connects to Composio's Tool Router over Streamable HTTP MCP. It discovers the tools needed for your request, and Composio handles account authentication. Execution and account-connection tools follow Atomic Agent's configured approval policy. Review any approval prompt before allowing an action on your connected account. ## Connect Perplexityai to Atomic Agent ### Connect Perplexityai to Atomic Agent - Sign up or sign in to the [Composio dashboard](https://dashboard.composio.dev/?cta_placement=atomic-agent-api-key). Copy your API key. - In Atomic Agent, open the Integrations tab and select Composio. Select API key, press e, paste the key, and press Enter. The tools become available immediately, without a restart. - Ask Atomic Agent to do something in Perplexityai. It searches Composio for the right tool. - On first use, open the sign-in link returned in the chat. Connect your Perplexityai account, then return to Atomic Agent to continue. ### Headless setup Add the following line to ~/.atomic-agent/.env, replacing YOUR_COMPOSIO_API_KEY with your key. Start Atomic Agent after saving the file. ```bash COMPOSIO_API_KEY=YOUR_COMPOSIO_API_KEY ``` ## What is the Perplexityai MCP server, and what's possible with it? The Perplexityai MCP server is an implementation of the Model Context Protocol that connects your AI agent and assistants like Claude, Cursor, etc directly to your Perplexity AI account. It provides structured and secure access to Perplexity's conversational AI models, so your agent can perform actions like running search queries, generating detailed answers, summarizing content, and retrieving citations automatically. - Conversational AI search and Q&A: Let your agent ask questions or search a wide range of topics, returning clear, human-like answers from Perplexity's advanced models. - Contextual and multi-turn queries: Enable your agent to conduct follow-up questions and maintain context for more in-depth, accurate answers. - Model selection and fine-tuning: Allow your agent to choose between different Perplexity AI models and adjust parameters like temperature, top-k, and top-p for tailored responses. - Source citations and image retrieval: Have your agent fetch answers with source citations and relevant images, providing richer, more trustworthy outputs. - Auto-prompting and query refinement: Let your agent automatically enhance and refine user queries for better, more relevant search results. ## Supported Tools | Tool slug | Name | Description | |---|---|---| | `PERPLEXITYAI_CREATE_ASYNC_CHAT_COMPLETION` | Create Async Chat Completion | Create Async Chat Completion (POST /v1/async/sonar). Submits an asynchronous chat completion request for long-running tasks. Returns immediately with a request ID that can be polled using the Get Async Chat Completion action. Only the 'sonar-deep-research' model is supported for async processing. Async jobs have a 7-day TTL. Deep research generates very long responses (10K-100K+ words) with exhaustive multi-source analysis. Use the idempotency_key to prevent duplicate submissions. Poll with Get Async Chat Completion using the returned request ID to retrieve results when status is COMPLETED. | | `PERPLEXITYAI_CREATE_CHAT_COMPLETION` | Create Chat Completion | Perplexity Sonar Chat Completions (POST /v1/sonar). Generates web-grounded conversational AI responses with citations. Supports multiple Sonar models optimized for different use cases: - sonar: Fast, cost-effective for simple queries - sonar-pro: Enhanced quality for complex questions - sonar-reasoning-pro: Chain-of-thought reasoning with blocks - sonar-deep-research: Exhaustive multi-source research (generates very long responses, 10K+ words; prefer the async endpoint for this model) Features: web search grounding, citations, images, structured JSON output, search filtering by domain/date/language/recency, and streaming. Important constraints: - search_recency_filter and date filters (search_after_date_filter, search_before_date_filter, etc.) are mutually exclusive. Use one or the other, not both. - Messages with the 'tool' role must alternate with 'assistant' messages. A valid pattern is: system -> user -> assistant -> tool -> user. - The 'stop' parameter is not currently supported by the API. | | `PERPLEXITYAI_CREATE_CONTEXTUALIZED_EMBEDDINGS` | Create Contextualized Embeddings | Create Contextualized Embeddings (POST /v1/contextualizedembeddings). Generates document-aware embeddings where chunks from the same document share context. Unlike standard embeddings, these recognize sequential relationships within documents, improving retrieval quality. Models: pplx-embed-context-v1-0.6b (1024 dims) and pplx-embed-context-v1-4b (2560 dims). Both support Matryoshka dimension reduction and INT8/binary quantization. | | `PERPLEXITYAI_CREATE_EMBEDDINGS` | CreateEmbeddings | Generate vector embeddings for independent texts (queries, sentences, documents). This action takes one or more input texts and generates vector embeddings using Perplexity AI's embedding models. Embeddings are useful for semantic search, similarity matching, and machine learning downstream tasks. Supported models: - pplx-embed-v1-0.6b: Smaller, faster model (1024 dimensions) - pplx-embed-v1-4b: Larger, more accurate model (2560 dimensions) The output embeddings are base64-encoded for efficient transmission. Use the dimensions parameter to reduce embedding size for faster processing when full precision is not required (Matryoshka representation). | | `PERPLEXITYAI_EXECUTE_AGENT` | Execute Agent | Create Agent Response (POST /v1/agent). Orchestrates multi-step agentic workflows with built-in tools (web search, URL fetching, function calling), reasoning, and multi-model support. Streaming is not supported by this action. At least one of 'model', 'models', or 'preset' must be provided. Available presets: 'fast-search', 'pro-search', 'deep-research'. The 'deep-research' preset generates very long responses (10K-100K+ words) with exhaustive multi-source analysis. Available models include Perplexity Sonar, OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, xAI, and NVIDIA models at direct provider rates. Use the List Models action to see available model identifiers. | | `PERPLEXITYAI_GET_ASYNC_CHAT_COMPLETION` | Get Async Chat Completion | Get Async Chat Completion (GET /v1/async/sonar/{id}). Retrieves the result of an asynchronous chat completion request by its ID. Use this to poll for the result after creating an async job. The response includes the status and, when completed, the full completion. | | `PERPLEXITYAI_LIST_ASYNC_CHAT_COMPLETIONS` | List Async Chat Completions | List Async Chat Completions (GET /v1/async/sonar). Retrieves a list of all asynchronous chat completion requests for the authenticated user. Use this to see the status of all your pending, completed, and failed async jobs. | | `PERPLEXITYAI_LIST_MODELS` | List Models | List Models (GET /v1/models). Lists models available for the Agent API. Returns model identifiers that can be used with the Agent endpoint. The response follows the OpenAI List Models format for compatibility. This is a public endpoint that does not require authentication. | | `PERPLEXITYAI_SEARCH` | Perplexity Search (Raw Results) | Search the Web (POST /search). Returns raw, ranked web search results directly from Perplexity's index without LLM processing. Faster and cheaper than chat completions when you need raw results. Supports filtering by domain, date, language, country, and recency. Max 20 results per request. Important: search_recency_filter and date filters (search_after_date_filter, search_before_date_filter, last_updated_after_filter, last_updated_before_filter) are mutually exclusive. Use one or the other, not both. | ## Supported Triggers None listed. ## Troubleshooting ### Why is my API key rejected? Copy the key directly from the Composio dashboard. Atomic Agent requires ASCII characters because it sends the key in an HTTP header. Remove any extra characters introduced when copying. ### Why are Composio tools unavailable after saving a key? Check that you use Atomic Agent v0.5.6 or later and that Composio is enabled in your configuration. A "composio": { "enabled": false } setting disables the integration while keeping the saved key on disk. ### Does Composio have a free plan? The Hobby plan includes 100,000 tool calls per month. Composio-managed OAuth apps have a lower included allowance. See [Composio pricing](/pricing) for the current limits that apply to your connection. ## Complete Code None listed. ## Conclusion ### Use Perplexityai from Atomic Agent With your account connected, ask Atomic Agent to work with Perplexityai in natural language. You can connect more apps through the same Composio integration as you need them. Visit the [Atomic Agent website](https://atomicagent.io/?cta_placement=atomic-agent-site) or inspect the [Atomic Agent source code](https://github.com/AtomicBot-ai/atomic-agent?cta_placement=atomic-agent-repo). ## How to build Perplexityai MCP Agent with another framework - [ChatGPT](https://composio.dev/toolkits/perplexityai/framework/chatgpt) - [Antigravity](https://composio.dev/toolkits/perplexityai/framework/antigravity) - [OpenAI Agents SDK](https://composio.dev/toolkits/perplexityai/framework/open-ai-agents-sdk) - [Claude Agent SDK](https://composio.dev/toolkits/perplexityai/framework/claude-agents-sdk) - [Claude Code](https://composio.dev/toolkits/perplexityai/framework/claude-code) - [Claude Cowork](https://composio.dev/toolkits/perplexityai/framework/claude-cowork) - [Grok Bot](https://composio.dev/toolkits/perplexityai/framework/grok-bot) - [Codex](https://composio.dev/toolkits/perplexityai/framework/codex) - [Kimi Code](https://composio.dev/toolkits/perplexityai/framework/kimi) - [Grok Build](https://composio.dev/toolkits/perplexityai/framework/grok-build) - [Cursor](https://composio.dev/toolkits/perplexityai/framework/cursor) - [VS Code](https://composio.dev/toolkits/perplexityai/framework/vscode) - [OpenCode](https://composio.dev/toolkits/perplexityai/framework/opencode) - [OpenClaw](https://composio.dev/toolkits/perplexityai/framework/openclaw) - [Hermes](https://composio.dev/toolkits/perplexityai/framework/hermes-agent) - [CLI](https://composio.dev/toolkits/perplexityai/framework/cli) - [Google ADK](https://composio.dev/toolkits/perplexityai/framework/google-adk) - [LangChain](https://composio.dev/toolkits/perplexityai/framework/langchain) - [Vercel AI SDK](https://composio.dev/toolkits/perplexityai/framework/ai-sdk) - [Mastra AI](https://composio.dev/toolkits/perplexityai/framework/mastra-ai) - [LlamaIndex](https://composio.dev/toolkits/perplexityai/framework/llama-index) - [CrewAI](https://composio.dev/toolkits/perplexityai/framework/crew-ai) - [Pydantic AI](https://composio.dev/toolkits/perplexityai/framework/pydantic-ai) - [AutoGen](https://composio.dev/toolkits/perplexityai/framework/autogen) ## Related Toolkits - [Composio](https://composio.dev/toolkits/composio) - Composio is an integration platform that connects AI agents with hundreds of business tools. 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However, with the Composio Tool Router, agents can dynamically load tools from Perplexityai and many other apps based on the task at hand, all through a single MCP endpoint. ### Can I use Tool Router MCP with Atomic Agent? Yes, you can. Atomic Agent fully supports MCP integration. You get structured tool calling, message history handling, and model orchestration while Tool Router takes care of discovering and serving the right Perplexityai tools. ### Can I manage the permissions and scopes for Perplexityai while using Tool Router? Yes, absolutely. You can configure which Perplexityai scopes and actions are allowed when connecting your account to Composio. You can also bring your own OAuth credentials or API configuration so you keep full control over what the agent can do. ### How safe is my data with Composio Tool Router? All sensitive data such as tokens, keys, and configuration is fully encrypted at rest and in transit. Composio is SOC 2 Type 2 compliant and follows strict security practices so your Perplexityai data and credentials are handled as safely as possible. --- [See all toolkits](https://composio.dev/toolkits) · [Composio docs](https://docs.composio.dev/llms.txt)