After every search, Perplexity presents a one-click Computer option at the bottom of the results. It is easy to select accidentally, and once Computer starts, it may run until completion or consume available credits.
Please add a persistent setting to hide all Computer recommendations and one-click launch buttons for Computer after Search answers. I want Computer shown only when I explicitly select it from the mode picker. Please also require confirmation before any credit-consuming Computer run begins.
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Pre-flight checklist
- This is a Perplexity API feature request, not a Perplexity app, Comet, or web UI request.
- I have checked whether this already exists in the docs or another forum topic.
- I have described the developer workflow or API use case this would improve.
Feature type
- New endpoint or API capability
- New model, preset, or model behavior
- New parameter or request option
- New response field or metadata
- SDK improvement
- Dashboard, API key, or auth improvement
- Billing, credits, rate limit, or usage reporting improvement
- Docs or examples improvement
- Other API improvement
Affected API area
- Agent API
- Search API
- Sonar API
- Embeddings API
- SDKs
- Dashboard, API keys, or auth
- Billing or credits
- Not sure
Summary
Problem
Proposed API behavior
Example usage