Overview
Mastra is an open-source TypeScript framework for building AI agents and workflows. Wire Perplexity’s Agent API into a MastraAgent through the Open Responses provider, or expose the Search API as a Mastra-compatible tool.
Mastra provides a unified
Agent interface, a model router, and a tools/MCP system for orchestrating LLM workflows. Learn more at mastra.ai.- Agent API — Run the Agent API inside a Mastra
Agentthrough the Open Responses provider. - Perplexity Search tool — Expose the Search API as a Mastra tool for ranked web results.
API Key Setup
Both integrations read your Perplexity API key from the environment:PPLX_API_KEY as a fallback.
Get API Key
Generate your API key from the Perplexity dashboard.
Agent API
The Agent API speaks the Open Responses standard, so the@ai-sdk/open-responses provider connects to it directly. Point the provider at Perplexity’s /v1/responses endpoint, then pass the model id to your Mastra Agent:
agent.generate(...) and agent.stream(...). See the Agent API quickstart for the full model list, built-in tools, and presets. For web-grounded answers, add the web_search tool (below).
Web-Grounded Answers
Add theweb_search tool to ground the agent’s answers in real-time results from Perplexity’s web search. The @ai-sdk/open-responses provider sends a fixed request body and does not expose the Agent API’s built-in tools as first-class options, so enable web_search by adding it to the body in the provider’s fetch hook — every call the agent makes through this provider is then grounded:
@ai-sdk/open-responses does not surface the sources on the result — result.sources is empty — so the fetch hook reads the raw search_results items directly. See Reading Sources from the Response for the full response shape.
Perplexity Search Tool
The@mastra/perplexity package wraps the Search API as a Mastra-compatible tool. Use this when you want raw ranked web results to feed into an agent.
perplexity-search and supported input parameters include query, maxResults, searchDomainFilter, searchRecencyFilter, searchAfterDateFilter, and searchBeforeDateFilter. Each result includes title, url, snippet, and an optional date.
To register multiple Perplexity tools at once, use createPerplexityTools(config?). See the Mastra Perplexity tool reference for the full schema.
Links & Resources
Agent API Quickstart
Build with Agent API models, tools, and presets.
Perplexity SDK
Install and configure the official Perplexity SDK.
Perplexity Search Tool
Wrap the Perplexity Search API as a Mastra tool.
Mastra Docs
Learn more about agents, tools, and workflows in Mastra.
Support
Need help with the integration?- Browse the Mastra documentation
- Review our FAQ