Perplexity Comet (Assistant + Personal Computer) · Perplexity AI

confidence: mediumactive

Perplexity's Chromium-based agentic browser (free on all four platforms since April 2026) whose sidebar assistant reads pages and tabs and executes web tasks in the user's own browser, extended by 'Personal Computer' on Mac to local file editing, local computer use, and voice orchestration.

Identity

Homepage	https://www.perplexity.ai/comet
License	proprietary
Domain	computer-use
Form factor	desktop-app · web-app

Model support

Model-agnostic	partial
Native models	Claude Opus 4.6 (default browser-agent model for Max) · Sonar · GPT/Gemini/Claude selection via Perplexity
Local models	○ no
Pricing	freemium

Extensibility

MCP client	? unknown
Agent Skills support	○ no
Plugins / hooks	? unknown

Execution & safety

Sandboxing	none
Autonomy spectrum	supervised → semi-autonomous
Subagents	? unknown
Parallel sessions	✓ yes
Context management	persistent-memory

Integration & evidence

Headless / API	○ no
GitHub integration	○ no
Sources	https://www.perplexity.ai/comet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comet_(browser) https://www.perplexity.ai/hub/blog/the-new-comet-assistant https://releasebot.io/updates/perplexity-ai https://www.switchtools.io/blog/perplexity-comet-ai-agent-browser

✓ profile last verified 2026-07-08 · benchmark figures are vendor-reported unless a source states otherwise