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Perplexity supplies the intelligence. DataInbox keeps the conditions.

Use Perplexity API as an AI Companion for DataInbox. DataInbox controls context, permissions, routing, cost conditions, and output validation while Perplexity supplies the AI capability.

Web-grounded search and answer capabilities for tasks that permit external research.
Provider-managed API selected for policy-approved research tasks.
Provider-independent task and result contract

Perplexity API

External capability under a DataInbox policy boundary

Stable architecture, replaceable provider

DataInbox decides. The Companion performs.

A provider page describes where an external capability can fit. It does not move business logic, consent, permissions, or final authority into that provider.

Governed business message

DataInbox policy and context

Perplexity API

The provider result returns to the Inbox as a structured message. Deterministic rules can validate it, reject it, route it for review, or allow a next action.

Provider fit

Where Perplexity can fit

Web-grounded search and answer capabilities for tasks that permit external research.

Companion pattern: Web-grounded AI Companion. DataInbox can select this provider directly for an eligible task.
Deployment boundary: Provider-managed API selected for policy-approved research tasks.

Stable capability profile

Web-grounded answers
Research tasks
Source-aware output

Conditions to configure

External research permitted
Source and freshness requirements
Citation validation

Policy before inference

Control input, cost, provider, and output.

Data permission

Which fields and data classes may leave the Inbox.

Provider eligibility

Which direct provider, router, region, or private endpoint may be used.

Cost and service target

Budget ceiling, latency objective, availability, and fallback order.

Output contract

Required schema, evidence, confidence, validation, and review path.

Direct answers

Perplexity AI Companion FAQ

What is the Perplexity AI Companion?

It is a provider-specific implementation of the DataInbox Companion contract. DataInbox prepares a standardised AI task under business-controlled conditions, Perplexity API performs the permitted capability, and the result returns to the Inbox as a governed business message.

Does using Perplexity put business logic in the provider?

No. Business rules, permissions, context selection, routing policy, and result handling remain in DataInbox. The Companion supplies an external capability and returns a standardised result.

Can Perplexity be replaced by another AI Companion?

Yes, when another Companion satisfies the same task and output contract. The replacement remains subject to company policy, connector availability, credentials, regional requirements, and validation.

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