Node reference

Perplexity for Joomla and WordPress

Calls models via the Perplexity Agent API — one key for OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, xAI, and Perplexity Sonar.

Overview

Calls models via the Perplexity Agent API — one key for OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, xAI, and Perplexity Sonar.

When the flow reaches this step, JOrchestrator calls the configured model using credentials from Node Configuration, then exposes the response fields listed below to downstream steps.

Why use this node

Perplexity is a AI step in the AI group. AI steps call language or media models. Use them to generate text, classify content, or produce assets that later steps publish or send.

Typical reasons teams add Perplexity to a flow:

Generate or transform content with Perplexity before publishing or sending
Use upstream CMS or webhook fields as prompts or context
Keep AI calls inside audited, repeatable flows rather than one-off scripts

Example workflows

Common patterns on the canvas:

Trigger or Webhook → upstream steps → Perplexity → Send Email or CMS update
Scheduled trigger → Perplexity → Debug (while testing) → production action

How to set it up

General — provider/model ID (e.g. openai/gpt-5.4-mini), temperature, max tokens. Design — prompt and output shape.

Good to know

This is not a direct OpenAI or Anthropic key — Perplexity routes the request and bills at provider pass-through rates.

Properties panel

The designer shows these tabs for this node:

Tab	Purpose
Info	Plain-language description and output payload fields for downstream steps
General	Canvas label and read-only node ID
AI	Optional assistant to help draft settings from plain language
Design	Node-specific configuration fields

System (automatic — not edited by the user)

These fields are managed by the designer or runtime — you do not type into them directly:

Property key	Label	Type	Required	Visible when	Notes
`_nodeId`	Node ID	`node-id`	No	—	—
`_payloadFields`	Available Fields	`payload-panel`	No	—	—

| rawJsonShape | Response JSON | raw-json-shape-editor | No | outputFormat === 'raw_json' | { "title": "", "introtext": "", "customKey": "" } |

User-configured — General tab

Property key	Label	Type	Required	Visible when	Notes
`label`	Label	`text`	No	—	Node label
`model`	Model	`text` (default: `anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-6`)	No	—	anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-6 Perplexity Agent API model ID in provider/model form. One Perplexity API key can route to OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, xAI, and Perplexity Sonar — e.g. openai/gpt-5.4-mini, anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-6, google/gemini-3.1-flash-lite, perplexity/sonar.
`temperature`	Temperature	`number`	No	—	0.7
`maxTokens`	Max Tokens	`number`	No	—	1000

User-configured — Design tab

Property key	Label	Type	Required	Visible when	Notes

| agentPreset | Agent preset | select (transform \| research \| classifier \| editor \| custom; default: transform) | No | — | Transform (default) — Single-shot transform — no agent role or tools. Research agent — Web search (OpenAI) + structured JSON with citations. Classifier — Categorize or route content into structured labels. Editor — Editorial assistant — article-shaped output. Custom — Write your own system prompt below. |

`systemPrompt`	System prompt	`textarea`	No	—	Agent role and constraints (optional). Applied separately from the task prompt below. Defines how the model behaves (research agent, editor, classifier, etc.). The task prompt below describes what to do with upstream data this run.
`outputFormat`	Output format	`select` (`legacy` \| `image` \| `article` \| `raw_json` \| `email`; default: `article`)	No	—	—
`prompt`	Prompt	`textarea`	Yes	—	Enter your Perplexity prompt here… Drag fields from Available Fields into the prompt.

CMS site configuration (not on this node's properties panel)

Credentials, API keys, mailers, SMTP, and integration defaults are configured in the CMS plugin under Node Configuration, not per step on this node. Link the flow to a domain before testing CMS-backed fields.

Output payload fields

After this step runs, later nodes can reference these fields using placeholders such as {{perplexity.parsed}}.

Field key	Type	Description
`parsed`	object	Parsed JSON object extracted from the LLM response.
`title`	string	Title text for the created or updated record.
`introtext`	string	Article introduction / teaser HTML.
`fulltext`	string	Article main body HTML.
`response`	string	Raw text response from the LLM or API.
`content`	string	Main text content from the LLM response.
`messageId`	string	Provider message or email identifier.
`usage`	object	Token usage metadata from the LLM API.

Validation rules

Prompt (prompt) must be filled before the flow can be saved.