Perplexity with AnythingLLM

AnythingLLM is an all-in-one AI productivity app that turns any document, resource, or piece of content into context for LLM-powered chat. It supports both desktop and self-hosted deployments and works with dozens of LLM providers — including Perplexity as a first-class cloud provider, giving every workspace access to web-grounded answers with citations.

AnythingLLM lets you scope LLM choice at two levels:

• System LLM — The default provider used for every workspace and agent.
• Workspace LLM — Per-workspace override that takes precedence when chatting inside that workspace.

You can mix providers freely. For example, set Anthropic as your system default and use Perplexity in a specific workspace where you need real-time web grounding for research-heavy chats.

To override per workspace: open the workspace, go to Workspace Settings → Chat Settings → Workspace LLM Provider, and select Perplexity AI with the model you want.

All Perplexity models supported by the API are available to AnythingLLM users — the model dropdown populates dynamically once your API key is validated. Recommended models:

• sonar — fast, cost-effective web-grounded chat
• sonar-pro — advanced reasoning with broader citation depth
• sonar-reasoning-pro — multi-step reasoning with search

See the full list of Perplexity models and capabilities.

Pairing Perplexity with AnythingLLM gives you:

• Live web answers inside document workflows — your workspace can answer questions about uploaded PDFs and the open web in the same chat.
• Citation-grounded retrieval — Perplexity returns source URLs you can audit alongside your retrieval-augmented context.
• No-RAG fallback for current events — when documents don't contain the answer, the model can reach for live web context automatically.

When using AnythingLLM's AI agents, you can configure Perplexity as the agent's LLM in the workspace's Agent Configuration menu. This is useful for agents that need to chain web research with skills like web browsing, document Q&A, or external API calls.

Need help with the integration?

• Browse the AnythingLLM documentation
• Review our FAQ