# Announcements **URL:** https://community.perplexity.ai/c/announcements/9.md [Latest](https://community.perplexity.ai/latest.md) · [Categories](https://community.perplexity.ai/categories.md) · [Tags](https://community.perplexity.ai/tags.md) --- ## [About the Announcements category](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/about-the-announcements-category/18)
**Author:** [@Kesku](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/Kesku)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 14, 2025, 8:55pm UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/about-the-announcements-category/18 "2025-05-14T20:55:44Z")
Announcements Purpose: Stay up to date with the latest news, feature releases, and important changes from the Perplexity team. Who should read: Everyone! Check here regularly for updates that may affect your experience. … --- ## [Pplx-decider-v1.1-27b, our updated open weights multimodal decision model, is now available](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/pplx-decider-v1-1-27b-our-updated-open-weights-multimodal-decision-model-is-now-available/6286)
**Author:** [@pplx-announcements](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/pplx-announcements)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2026, 9:11pm UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/pplx-decider-v1-1-27b-our-updated-open-weights-multimodal-decision-model-is-now-available/6286 "2026-10-06T21:11:41Z")
It scores the highest on the new Hugging Face Decision Index 0.3 benchmark. pplx-decider-v1.1-27b costs half as much as v1, at $0.02 per million input tokens. --- ## [We built a new way to train contextual embedding models, which encode each chunk of a document with the whole document in view](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/we-built-a-new-way-to-train-contextual-embedding-models-which-encode-each-chunk-of-a-document-with-the-whole-document-in-view/6248)
**Author:** [@pplx-announcements](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/pplx-announcements)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 30, 2026, 8:08pm UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/we-built-a-new-way-to-train-contextual-embedding-models-which-encode-each-chunk-of-a-document-with-the-whole-document-in-view/6248 "2026-09-30T20:08:09Z")
pplx-embed-v2-context-9b-preview sets a new state of the art on ConTEB and turbopuffer’s new, privately held context-bench. --- ## [You can now build custom reusable agents in the Perplexity Agent API with Profiles, Skills, and managed connectors](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/you-can-now-build-custom-reusable-agents-in-the-perplexity-agent-api-with-profiles-skills-and-managed-connectors/6235)
**Author:** [@pplx-announcements](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/pplx-announcements)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 28, 2026, 7:54pm UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/you-can-now-build-custom-reusable-agents-in-the-perplexity-agent-api-with-profiles-skills-and-managed-connectors/6235 "2026-09-28T19:54:42Z")
Configure an agent once in the API Portal and reuse it across applications and workflows. A Profile saves the agent’s model, instructions, tools, Skills, and managed connectors under one versioned ID. Read more about P… --- ## [Introducing Fast Search in the Perplexity Search API](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/introducing-fast-search-in-the-perplexity-search-api/6195)
**Author:** [@pplx-announcements](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/pplx-announcements)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 24, 2026, 6:43pm UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/introducing-fast-search-in-the-perplexity-search-api/6195 "2026-09-24T18:43:16Z")
Fast Search runs on Photon, our new Rust-based retrieval and ranking service that we built with a small team of engineers and hundreds of agents. It returns 95% of search results in 230 ms or less. How we built Photon:… --- ## [A new Perplexity Search SDK cookbook is live](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/a-new-perplexity-search-sdk-cookbook-is-live/6115)
**Author:** [@pplx-announcements](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/pplx-announcements)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2026, 7:34pm UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/a-new-perplexity-search-sdk-cookbook-is-live/6115 "2026-09-16T19:34:29Z")
The recipe fans out focused searches, filters results to official docs, extracts relevant passages, and writes a source-linked brief for your coding agent. Get started: Search as Code for coding agents - Perplexity --- ## [The Perplexity API MCP server now supports OAuth](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/the-perplexity-api-mcp-server-now-supports-oauth/6053)
**Author:** [@pplx-announcements](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/pplx-announcements)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2026, 11:15pm UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/the-perplexity-api-mcp-server-now-supports-oauth/6053 "2026-09-09T23:15:49Z")
Add https://api.perplexity.ai/mcp to your client, sign in with your Perplexity account, choose your org, and approve. Your agent gets real-time web search, deep research, and advanced reasoning. Get started: https://pp… --- ## [Q2D-Web: Evaluating First-Stage Retrievers at Scale](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/q2d-web-evaluating-first-stage-retrievers-at-scale/6052)
**Author:** [@pplx-announcements](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/pplx-announcements)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2026, 9:18pm UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/q2d-web-evaluating-first-stage-retrievers-at-scale/6052 "2026-09-09T21:18:09Z")
We’re introducing Q2D-Web (Query2Doc-Web), a benchmark and public leaderboard for evaluating retrieval in agentic RAG systems. Q2D-Web tests how embedding models perform on large-scale web search using agent-reformulate… --- ## [Perplexity Search API is now available in Hermes Agent](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/perplexity-search-api-is-now-available-in-hermes-agent/6051)
**Author:** [@pplx-announcements](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/pplx-announcements)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2026, 2:30pm UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/perplexity-search-api-is-now-available-in-hermes-agent/6051 "2026-09-09T14:30:14Z")
Search API gives Hermes access to an index of more than 400 billion URLs. It returns real-time results and ranks snippets by relevance. --- ## [Perplexity API is now available in Stripe Projects](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/perplexity-api-is-now-available-in-stripe-projects/6003)
**Author:** [@pplx-announcements](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/pplx-announcements)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 3, 2026, 10:21pm UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/perplexity-api-is-now-available-in-stripe-projects/6003 "2026-09-03T22:21:56Z")
In the Stripe CLI, type “stripe projects add perplexity/api” to get started. Provision a Perplexity API project, API key, and prepaid credits straight from your terminal or coding agent using the Stripe Projects CLI. … --- ## [Connectors are now available in Agent API](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/connectors-are-now-available-in-agent-api/5929)
**Author:** [@pplx-announcements](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/pplx-announcements)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 27, 2026, 7:08pm UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/connectors-are-now-available-in-agent-api/5929 "2026-08-27T19:08:04Z")
Connect your agents to GitHub, Slack, Google Drive, and Datadog without passing a server URL or token on every request. API Group admins can connect each service once for all API Group members. --- ## [Sonar is moving to the Agent API](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/sonar-is-moving-to-the-agent-api/5802)
**Author:** [@andrewmadson-pplx](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/andrewmadson-pplx)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 13, 2026, 9:43pm UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/sonar-is-moving-to-the-agent-api/5802 "2026-08-13T21:43:50Z")
Sonar is moving to the Agent API. The Perplexity Agent API keeps grounded web search, and adds multi-step research, code execution, built-in tools, and access to multiple models through one API. On BrowseComp and WideSe… --- ## [Gateway API is now in limited preview](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/gateway-api-is-now-in-limited-preview/5761)
**Author:** [@andrewmadson-pplx](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/andrewmadson-pplx)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2026, 2:09pm UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/gateway-api-is-now-in-limited-preview/5761 "2026-08-09T14:09:41Z")
Hi everyone, Given the high volume of demand since launch, the Gateway API is moving to a private preview with access by request. If you don’t have preview access, Gateway requests will return a 403. All other Perplexi… --- ## [Your Sonar workload runs better on Agent API](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/your-sonar-workload-runs-better-on-agent-api/5634)
**Author:** [@albert\_pplx](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/albert_pplx)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 21, 2026, 9:42pm UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/your-sonar-workload-runs-better-on-agent-api/5634 "2026-07-21T21:42:33Z")
Your Sonar workload runs better on Agent API Higher accuracy at lower cost per query Thank you for building your research workflows on Sonar. We wanted to reach out about Agent API, our flagship agentic research endpoint… --- ## [Skills added to the Perplexity Agent API](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/skills-added-to-the-perplexity-agent-api/5612)
**Author:** [@Alex\_Romanov](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/Alex_Romanov)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 18, 2026, 12:46am UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/skills-added-to-the-perplexity-agent-api/5612 "2026-07-18T00:46:09Z")
We just added Skills added to the Perplexity Agent API Agents aren’t defined by a single system prompt. They are assembled from many capabilities that developers extend and compose. For example: pair our built-in offic… --- ## [Finance Search is now live in the Perplexity Agent API](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/finance-search-is-now-live-in-the-perplexity-agent-api/5083)
**Author:** [@albert\_pplx](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/albert_pplx)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2026, 10:44pm UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/finance-search-is-now-live-in-the-perplexity-agent-api/5083 "2026-05-06T22:44:03Z")
Finance Search provides real-time, accurate financial data from Perplexity Finance in one tool call. Agents can retrieve filings, financials, earnings, estimates, ETFs, and market activity. Get started with Finance… --- ## [Perplexity API Credits Now Available on AWS Marketplace](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/perplexity-api-credits-now-available-on-aws-marketplace/4734)
**Author:** [@Kesku](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/Kesku)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 6, 2026, 6:00pm UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/perplexity-api-credits-now-available-on-aws-marketplace/4734 "2026-04-06T18:00:00Z")
Perplexity API credits are now available on AWS Marketplace. Enterprise customers can purchase API credits directly through their AWS account. Credits are applied to your Perplexity API balance and work across all AP… --- ## [OpenClaw now supports the Perplexity Search API natively 🔍](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/openclaw-now-supports-the-perplexity-search-api-natively/4511)
**Author:** [@Kesku](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/Kesku)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [April 1, 2026, 3:03pm UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/openclaw-now-supports-the-perplexity-search-api-natively/4511 "2026-04-01T15:03:41Z")
Hey all! OpenClaw’s web search provider now supports Perplexity’s Search API as a first-class option that gives back raw ranked results (title, URL, snippet). You can now give your Claw up-to-date information from the be… --- ## [NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Super Now Available in Agent API](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/nvidia-nemotron-3-super-now-available-in-agent-api/4744)
**Author:** [@Kesku](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/Kesku)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 13, 2026, 11:15am UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/nvidia-nemotron-3-super-now-available-in-agent-api/4744 "2026-03-13T11:15:00Z")
NVIDIA’s Nemotron 3 Super is now available in Perplexity, Agent API, and Computer. from perplexity import Perplexity client = Perplexity() response = client.responses.create( model="nvidia/nemotron-3-super-120b-… --- ## [Introducing the Agent API — A Managed Runtime for Agentic Workflows](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/introducing-the-agent-api-a-managed-runtime-for-agentic-workflows/4733)
**Author:** [@Kesku](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/Kesku)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [March 11, 2026, 10:00am UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/introducing-the-agent-api-a-managed-runtime-for-agentic-workflows/4733 "2026-03-11T10:00:00Z")
The Agent API is now live at POST /v1/agent. It’s a single endpoint for building agentic workflows with integrated search, tool execution, and multi-model orchestration. Swap between the latest frontier models, configur… --- ## [Introducing pplx-embed — State-of-the-Art Embedding Models for Web-Scale Retrieval](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/introducing-pplx-embed-state-of-the-art-embedding-models-for-web-scale-retrieval/4732)
**Author:** [@Kesku](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/Kesku)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 26, 2026, 10:00am UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/introducing-pplx-embed-state-of-the-art-embedding-models-for-web-scale-retrieval/4732 "2026-02-26T10:00:00Z")
We’re releasing two embedding model families today: pplx-embed-v1 and pplx-embed-context-v1. These are built specifically for real-world, web-scale retrieval — the same kind of retrieval that powers Perplexity search. O… --- ## [Perplexity Search API on Vercel AI Gateway](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/perplexity-search-api-on-vercel-ai-gateway/4743)
**Author:** [@Kesku](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/Kesku)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [January 15, 2026, 6:00pm UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/perplexity-search-api-on-vercel-ai-gateway/4743 "2026-01-15T18:00:00Z")
You can now use the Perplexity Search API to add real-time web search to any model from any provider via Vercel AI Gateway. No additional API keys required. import { gateway } from 'ai'; const result = await generat… --- ## [We’d love your feedback on the Perplexity Search API](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/we-d-love-your-feedback-on-the-perplexity-search-api/3153)
**Author:** [@Kesku](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/Kesku)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 18, 2025, 7:09pm UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/we-d-love-your-feedback-on-the-perplexity-search-api/3153 "2025-12-18T19:09:04Z")
Are you using the Perplexity Search API — or trying it out via MCPs, agents, or LLM pipelines? We’d really like to hear what’s working well for you and what’s getting in the way. If you’re up for it, please take ~2 minu… --- ## [Pro Search — Now Generally Available for Sonar Pro](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/pro-search-now-generally-available-for-sonar-pro/4742)
**Author:** [@Kesku](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/Kesku)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2025, 6:00pm UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/pro-search-now-generally-available-for-sonar-pro/4742 "2025-11-15T18:00:00Z")
Pro Search is now generally available for sonar-pro. Pro Search enhances your queries with automated tool usage, enabling multi-step reasoning through intelligent tool orchestration. What’s new Multi-step reasoning — … --- ## [Search API — Filter Results by Date Range](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/search-api-filter-results-by-date-range/4741)
**Author:** [@Kesku](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/Kesku)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 29, 2025, 5:00pm UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/search-api-filter-results-by-date-range/4741 "2025-10-29T17:00:00Z")
New in the Perplexity Search API — developers can now filter search results by specific time periods or recency. Perfect for getting only the most recent results or narrowing to a specific date window. # Simple rece… --- ## [Search API — Filter by Specific Domains](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/search-api-filter-by-specific-domains/4740)
**Author:** [@Kesku](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/Kesku)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 13, 2025, 5:00pm UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/search-api-filter-by-specific-domains/4740 "2025-10-13T17:00:00Z")
New in the Perplexity Search API — you can now filter searches by specific domains. Query only trusted sources to get focused, verifiable results. search = client.search.create( query="latest climate policy upda… --- ## [Upload Documents and Cross-Reference with Live Web Search](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/upload-documents-and-cross-reference-with-live-web-search/4739)
**Author:** [@Kesku](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/Kesku)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 8, 2025, 10:30pm UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/upload-documents-and-cross-reference-with-live-web-search/4739 "2025-10-08T22:30:00Z")
You can now upload documents and ask Sonar to analyze them — then instantly cross-reference findings with live web search. Get answers grounded in your data and the latest facts. Pass a file URL in your messages usi… --- ## [Introducing the Perplexity Search API 🚀](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/introducing-the-perplexity-search-api/1579)
**Author:** [@Kesku](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/Kesku)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2025, 6:10pm UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/introducing-the-perplexity-search-api/1579 "2025-09-25T18:10:23Z")
Search API gives developers access to the full power of Perplexity’s search index, covering hundreds of billions of webpages. :magnifying\_glass\_tilted\_left: Why it matters LLMs are powerful, but limited by static tr… --- ## [Introducing the Perplexity Search API](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/introducing-the-perplexity-search-api/4738)
**Author:** [@Kesku](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/Kesku)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2025, 5:00pm UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/introducing-the-perplexity-search-api/4738 "2025-09-25T17:00:00Z")
We’ve built a search index of billions of webpages to provide real-time, quality information from the web. Now developers have access to the full power of our index, providing the most accurate results in milliseconds. T… --- ## [📢 Sonar API Updates – August 29, 2025](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/sonar-api-updates-august-29-2025/1252)
**Author:** [@Kesku](https://community.perplexity.ai/u/Kesku)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [August 29, 2025, 3:49pm UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/sonar-api-updates-august-29-2025/1252 "2025-08-29T15:49:01Z")
We’re excited to share two improvements that just went live for the Sonar API! 1. Expanded domain filters You can now include up to 20 entries in search\_domain\_filter (previously 10). This gives you more flexibility wh… [Next page](https://community.perplexity.ai/c/announcements/9.md?page=1)