Connect Serval to Perplexity
Give Perplexity governed access to Serval’s 402 tools through Runlayer, with identity, policy, scanning, and audit on every call.
Set up
Add Serval to Perplexity in four steps
Admins approve the server once. Everyone in Perplexity then gets it through the same governed connection.
- 1
Add Serval to Runlayer
Serval isn’t in the Runlayer catalog yet, so an admin adds it by its MCP server URL.
Adding a connector manually - 2
Connect Perplexity to Runlayer
Users add the Runlayer Plugin to Perplexity by following Runlayer’s setup guide. Perplexity reaches Serval’s 402 tools through the Runlayer Plugin’s search and execute tools instead of listing each one.
Perplexity setup guide - 3
Sign in to Serval
Sign in the way Serval requires. Runlayer holds the credentials so they stay out of the client’s configuration.
- 4
Use Serval from Perplexity
Serval’s approved tools appear in Perplexity. Every call is checked against policy and recorded.
Tools
402 Serval tools in Perplexity
Runlayer policy decides which of these Perplexity users can call.
Add entity type field
Deprecated: use POST /v2/entity-type-fields.
Add label to app instance
DEPRECATED: use AddTagToSubject.
Add tag to subject
Attach a tag to a subject (resource, role, app instance, workflow, or guidance).
Add ticket assignment group
Add a group to the team's configured assignment groups.
Add ticket relevant asset
Add a relevant asset to a ticket.
Aggregate entities
Aggregate live-entity counts for one entity schema (database), grouped by entity type or by creation-time bucket (day or month).
Archive entity
Archive an entity, hiding it from active browse while keeping its key reserved so the key cannot be reused.
Archive ticket
Move a ticket into cold storage, removing it from most views.
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 Serval 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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