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Connect Parallel Search to Perplexity

Give Perplexity governed access to Parallel Search’s 2 tools through Runlayer, with identity, policy, scanning, and audit on every call.

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Set up

Add Parallel Search to Perplexity in four steps

Admins approve the server once. Everyone in Perplexity then gets it through the same governed connection.

  1. 1

    Approve Parallel Search in Runlayer

    Add Parallel Search from the catalog and choose who can use it and which of its tools are allowed.

  2. 2

    Connect Perplexity to Runlayer

    Users add the Runlayer Plugin to Perplexity by following Runlayer’s setup guide. Perplexity reaches Parallel Search’s 2 tools through the Runlayer Plugin’s search and execute tools instead of listing each one.

    Perplexity setup guide
  3. 3

    Sign in to Parallel Search

    Sign in the way Parallel Search requires. Runlayer holds the credentials so they stay out of the client’s configuration.

  4. 4

    Use Parallel Search from Perplexity

    Parallel Search’s approved tools appear in Perplexity. Every call is checked against policy and recorded.

Tools

2 Parallel Search tools in Perplexity

Runlayer policy decides which of these Perplexity users can call.

  • Web fetch

    Purpose: Fetch and extract relevant content from specific web URLs.

  • Web Search preview

    Purpose: Perform web searches and return results in an LLM-friendly format and with parameters tuned for LLMs.

Control

What Runlayer can see and stop in Perplexity

Some controls apply to every client at the gateway. Others depend on what Perplexity exposes to Runlayer.

  • Gateway policy (available)

    Every Parallel Search call from Perplexity passes through Runlayer, where your policies can allow, alert, mask, or block it.

  • Audit trail (available)

    Each call is recorded with the user, Perplexity as the client, the tool, and the policy and scanner decisions.

  • Managed browser extension (available)

    Managed Chrome, Edge, and Firefox deployments can monitor supported web-chat activity and apply prompt-time controls where the surface permits it.

  • Native enforcement adapter (not available)

    Runlayer has no device-side adapter for Perplexity yet, so control happens at the gateway.

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