API Changelog

The finance_search tool is now available in the Agent API. Pull structured financial and market data — quotes, financials, earnings, analyst estimates, segment KPIs, ETF constituents, and more — for public companies and instruments. The model decides which fields to fetch…

Agent API: New Third-Party Models — Claude Opus 4.7, GPT-5.5, and Grok 4.20 Reasoning now supported.

Agent API: New Third-Party Models — GPT-5.4, NVIDIA Nemotron, Claude Sonnet 4.6, and Gemini 3.1 Pro Preview now supported.

The Agent API is now generally available. Build autonomous agents with production-ready guidance on model behavior, output controls, and OpenAI-compatibility patterns.

The Embeddings API is now generally available with guides for standard and contextualized embeddings, plus best practices for semantic search and retrieval workflows.

Model Deprecation: sonar-reasoning Removed — As of December 15, 2025, sonar-reasoning has been deprecated. Migrate to sonar-reasoning-pro.

The Perplexity MCP Server now supports one-click installation for Cursor, VS Code, Claude Desktop, and Claude Code. Provides four tools: perplexity_search, perplexity_ask, perplexity_research, and perplexity_reason.

Pro Search is now generally available for Sonar Pro. Enhances queries with automated tool usage and multi-step reasoning through intelligent tool orchestration.

Official Perplexity SDKs for Python and TypeScript are now available.

We're thrilled to announce the official Perplexity SDKs for Python and Typescript! These SDKs provide convenient, type-safe access to all Perplexity APIs with both synchronous and asynchronous clients.

• language_preference: Specify preferred languages for search results (available for sonar and sonar-pro)
• search_domain_filter: Filter results to specific domains
• Date/time filters: Enhanced control over result freshness with publication and update filters

New interactive playground to test Search API queries and parameters in real time — no API key required to get started. Experiment with filtering options, see response structures, and refine queries before implementing in code.

Standalone Search API providing direct access to search results without LLM processing. Returns raw, ranked search results from Perplexity's continuously refreshed index.

Upload and analyze documents in multiple formats using Sonar models. Supports PDF, DOC, DOCX, TXT, and RTF files.

As of August 1, 2025, R1-1776 has been removed from the available models. Recommended replacement: Sonar Pro Reasoning.

New SEC filings filter allows searching specifically within SEC regulatory documents. Set search_domain: "sec" to focus on 10-K, 10-Q, 8-K, and other regulatory filings.

API response JSON now includes detailed cost information for each request via a new cost object in the usage field.

New academic filter allows tailoring searches to academic and scholarly sources. Set search_mode: "academic" to prioritize results from peer-reviewed papers, journal articles, and research publications.

New latest_updated field added to date range filtering, allowing filtering based on when a webpage was last modified.

New reasoning_effort parameter for sonar-deep-research to control computational effort per query.