Query Perplexity AI from your n8n workflows

n8n template #2824

Summary

This workflow illustrates how to use Perplexity AI in your n8n workflow. Perplexity is a free AI-powered answer engine that provides accurate, trusted, and real-time answers to any question. Credentials Setup 1/ Go to the perplexity dashboard, purchase some credits and create an API Key https://www.perplexity.ai/settings/api 2/ In the perplexity Request node, use Generic Credentials, Header Auth. For the name, use the value "Authorization" And for the value "Bearer pplx-e4...59ea" (Your Perplexity Api Key) AI Model Sonar Pro is the current top model used by perplexity. If you want to use a different one, check this page: https://docs.perplexity.ai/guides/model-cards

How to set it up

Open template #2824 on n8n.io and click Use for free, or copy the template JSON and paste it onto an empty canvas in n8n.
No app accounts to connect: every node is built into n8n.
Click Execute workflow and step through each node's output to confirm the data looks right.
Toggle the workflow to Active so its trigger runs on its own.

Hand off to your agent

Prompt

Help me set up the n8n workflow "Query Perplexity AI from your n8n workflows" (https://n8n.io/workflows/2824). It uses: HTTP Request. Import the template JSON into my n8n instance, list every credential I need to create, and walk me through testing it.

Paste into Claude Code and it will do the rest.

Apps and nodes

HTTP Request

Questions

Yes. Emmanuel Bernard - n8n Expert Lausanne published it free on n8n.io as a verified creator, and it has 21K views. It runs on n8n Cloud or a self-hosted n8n instance.

None. All 1 nodes are built into n8n.

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