perplexity-hello-world

name	perplexity-hello-world
description	Create a minimal working Perplexity Sonar search example with citations. Use when starting a new Perplexity integration, testing your setup, or learning basic search-with-citations patterns. Trigger with phrases like "perplexity hello world", "perplexity example", "perplexity quick start", "simple perplexity search".
allowed-tools	Read, Write, Edit
version	1.12.0
license	MIT
author	Jeremy Longshore <[e-mail]>
tags	["saas","perplexity","api","testing"]
compatibility	Designed for Claude Code

Perplexity Hello World

Overview

Minimal working example demonstrating Perplexity's core value: web-grounded answers with citations. Unlike standard LLMs, Perplexity searches the web for every query and returns cited sources.

Prerequisites

• Completed perplexity-install-auth setup
• openai package installed
• PERPLEXITY_API_KEY environment variable set

Instructions

Step 1: Basic Search with Citations (TypeScript)

import OpenAI from "openai";

const client = new OpenAI({
  apiKey: process.env.PERPLEXITY_API_KEY,
  baseURL: "https://api.perplexity.ai",
});

async function main() {
  const response = await client.chat.completions.create({
    model: "sonar",
    messages: [
      {
        role: "system",
        content: "Be precise and cite your sources.",
      },
      {
        role: "user",
        content: "What are the latest features in Node.js 22?",
      },
    ],
  });

  const answer = response.choices[0].message.content;
  console.log("Answer:", answer);

  
   citations = (response  ). || [];
  .();
  citations.( {
    .();
  });

  
  .(, {
    : response.?.,
    : response.?.,
    : response.?.,
  });
}

().(.);