> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://pomeroy.app/docs/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Connect Pomeroy to Perplexity

> Pomeroy copies the two values Perplexity's Add Connector form asks for. Paste them in and save. Then Perplexity can reach Mail, Calendar, Reminders, Notes, Contacts, Messages, Maps, Weather and Shortcuts on your Mac, each app behind its own switch.

**Perplexity** for Mac works with Pomeroy. Pomeroy writes the configuration and
you paste it in. Perplexity can then read the apps you switched on, and no
others.

<Info>
  **What Set up does.** Perplexity's Mac app takes local connectors through a
  form, with no file and no link, so Pomeroy puts the two values on your
  clipboard.
</Info>

## Set up

<Steps>
  <Step title="Install Pomeroy and switch on your apps">
    [Download Pomeroy](https://pomeroy.app/download), drag it into Applications
    and open it. Switch on the apps you want Perplexity to reach. Everything
    starts off, and macOS asks you to approve each app as you switch it on. [The
    full walkthrough](/docs/getting-started/installation).
  </Step>

  <Step title="Install Perplexity, if you have not">
    Pomeroy lists the assistants it finds on this Mac, so install
    [Perplexity](https://www.perplexity.ai/) first if it is not there. Returning
    to Pomeroy's window re-checks.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Press Set up">
    In Pomeroy's **Assistants** pane, find Perplexity and press **Set up**. It
    is safe to press any number of times. It writes the same thing every time,
    and it never disturbs another server already there.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Pick it up">
    **You may need to restart Perplexity.** It picks the change up on its own in
    most versions; if the tools are missing, restart it.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Ask something">
    In Perplexity, ask what is on your calendar today. The answer comes from
    your Mac.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## The configuration

**Set up** puts this on your clipboard. It is here so you can see what Pomeroy
adds, check it by hand, or set up a second Mac without opening the panel.

Goes in **Perplexity › Settings › Connectors › Add Connector**:

```text theme={null}
Server Name: Pomeroy
Command: /Applications/Pomeroy.app/Contents/MacOS/pomeroy-mcp
```

The command is a single absolute path with no arguments, and it lives inside
Pomeroy's app bundle, so an update never changes it. [What the pipe
is](/docs/configuration/stdio).

## Over the local endpoint

Not available. Perplexity's Mac app takes local connectors only. It has no
remote MCP support yet.

[The two ways in](/docs/configuration/overview).

## How to check it worked

In Perplexity, **Settings › Connectors** lists Pomeroy once you save the form.
Perplexity may first ask you to install its helper for local connectors.

If the tools are missing, the cause is almost always that the assistant has not
re-read its server list.
[Troubleshooting](/docs/getting-started/troubleshooting#an-assistant-cannot-see-the-tools).

## What it can reach

Only the apps you switched on, and only through the tools Pomeroy publishes.
Perplexity cannot send mail, send a message, delete anything or edit a contact,
because no tool does those things.

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="What Pomeroy can do" icon="grid-2" href="/docs/features/overview">
    Ten apps, 27 tools, and every refusal.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Permissions" icon="toggle-on" href="/docs/getting-started/permissions">
    What each toggle grants, and what macOS asks you for.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Other assistants" icon="plug" href="/docs/assistants/overview">
    All 24, and what to do if yours is not listed.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Connect Pomeroy to Perplexity" icon="link" href="https://pomeroy.app/connect/perplexity">
    The product page for Perplexity, with what it costs.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>