Connect Profound to Perplexity
Give Perplexity governed access to Profound’s 61 tools through Runlayer, with identity, policy, scanning, and audit on every call.
Set up
Add Profound to Perplexity in four steps
Admins approve the server once. Everyone in Perplexity then gets it through the same governed connection.
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Add Profound to Runlayer
Profound 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 Profound’s 61 tools through the Runlayer Plugin’s search and execute tools instead of listing each one.
Perplexity setup guide - 3
Sign in to Profound
Sign in the way Profound requires. Runlayer holds the credentials so they stay out of the client’s configuration.
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Use Profound from Perplexity
Profound’s approved tools appear in Perplexity. Every call is checked against policy and recorded.
Tools
61 Profound tools in Perplexity
Runlayer policy decides which of these Perplexity users can call.
Add knowledge base document
Add ONE new document (inline markdown text) to a knowledge base.
Archive project
Preview or archive (retire) a project — set it aside without deleting it.
Create agent definition
Create a draft agent definition — preview first, then apply on confirmation.
Create doc
Create a new document in the Profound platform from content you have written.
Create project task
Preview or add a task ("play") to a project.
Create prompts
Create one or more prompts in a category.
Get agent
Get details of an agent, including its input_schema.
Get agent definition
Read back an agent's full workflow graph so you can copy and edit it.
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 Profound 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.
Frequently asked questions
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