#184·bytebot

Add Perplexity AI API Support

Author: majdidraouilCreated Jan 8, 2026Updated Jan 8, 2026

Feature Request

Description Add support for Perplexity AI API as an AI provider option alongside Anthropic, OpenAI, and Gemini.

Motivation Perplexity AI offers excellent models with web search capabilities that would be valuable for desktop automation tasks requiring real-time information.

Proposed Implementation

  • Add PERPLEXITYAI_API_KEY environment variable support
  • Support models: sonar-pro, sonar, sonar-reasoning
  • Integration through LiteLLM proxy (already supported)

Additional Context Perplexity models support:

  • Web search integration
  • Large context windows (128K-200K tokens)
  • Competitive pricing
  • Real-time information access

Related Issue 144 already tracks additional provider support.