Open the Perplexity API docs
Opens the URL for the Perplexity API documentation, so you can quickly reference how to get started or learn about the API.
Ask Perplexity
Prompts you to “Ask anything” before opening into Perplexity to search for your query.
Extra Details
Run Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Ask%20Perplexity
Open Shortcut deep link
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Ask%20Perplexity
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events”
run shortcut “Ask Perplexity”
end tell
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Set up Perplexity for Mac
Opens the Mac app for Perplexity AI, resizing the window to 1024×770 and moving it to the center of the current display.
Open the Perplexity API reference
Opens the Perplexity API website to the API reference, starting with Chat Completions, you can test your commands against the API and see what’s working.
Play Perplexity Discover
Immediately starts a Live Activity session for Perplexity Discover, using stories drawn from the Discover feed and spoken by ElevenLab’s voices.
Open Perplexity Discover
Opens the Discover page from Perplexity, which curates top stories for you and summarizes them.
Get my Perplexity API key
Stores your API key for Perplexity. Store the result as base64-encoded text so it’s not readable as plain text, which is then decoded as this is run.
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