AI SDK - Perplexity Provider

The Perplexity provider for the AI SDK contains language model support for Perplexity's Sonar API - a powerful answer engine with real-time web search capabilities.

Features

Real-time web search grounding for accurate, up-to-date responses
Support for advanced queries and follow-up questions
Multiple tiers available:
- Sonar Pro: Enhanced capabilities for complex tasks with 2x more citations
- Sonar: Lightweight offering optimized for speed and cost
Industry-leading answer quality
Data privacy - no training on customer data
Self-serve API access with scalable pricing

Setup

The Perplexity provider is available in the @ai-sdk/perplexity module. You can install it with:

bash

npm i @ai-sdk/perplexity

Skill for Coding Agents

If you use coding agents such as Claude Code or Cursor, we highly recommend adding the AI SDK skill to your repository:

shell

npx skills add vercel/ai

Provider Instance

You can import the default provider instance perplexity from @ai-sdk/perplexity:

import { perplexity } from '@ai-sdk/perplexity';

Example

import { perplexity } from '@ai-sdk/perplexity';
import { generateText } from 'ai';

const { text } = await generateText({
  model: perplexity('sonar-pro'),
  prompt: 'What are the latest developments in quantum computing?',
});

Documentation

Please check out the Perplexity provider documentation for more information.