# Perplexity Search API is now available in Hermes Agent

**URL:** <https://community.perplexity.ai/t/perplexity-search-api-is-now-available-in-hermes-agent/6051>\
**Category:** Announcements\
**Tags:** search-api, api\
**Created:** [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")\
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**Post date:** [September 9, 2026, 2:30pm UTC](https://community.perplexity.ai/t/perplexity-search-api-is-now-available-in-hermes-agent/6051/1 "2026-09-09T14:30:14Z")

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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 web search in Hermes - Perplexity](https://docs.perplexity.ai/docs/getting-started/integrations/hermes)**
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> Configure Hermes Agent to use Perplexity for web search and page extraction, verify the connection, and complete a source-grounded research workflow.

![pplx_hermes_agent.mp4](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/uploads/sonar1/original/2X/9/9c3f2145d927bc7948b7b53445f4299be5aa24a1.gif)