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title: Connect CRE Agents to Perplexity
url: https://docs.creagents.com/connect/perplexity/
description: Connect CRE Agents to Perplexity with a custom MCP connector: paste the name and address, turn it on, and sign in with your CRE Agents email.
---

# Connect CRE Agents to Perplexity

Connect CRE Agents to Perplexity with a custom MCP connector: paste the name and address, turn it on, and sign in with your CRE Agents email.

**You need:** a Perplexity account and your CRE Agents email.

## Step by step

1. **Add a connector.** Go to [Connectors](https://www.perplexity.ai/computer/connectors) and click **Add custom connector**.

2. Paste the name and MCP server URL below.

3. Check the "I understand" box, then click **Add**.

4. **Turn it on.** Back on the connectors screen, open **Available**, click CRE Agents (Vic), then **Add Connector**, and sign in with your CRE Agents email.

Copy these exactly:

- **Name:** `CRE Agents (Vic)`
- **Connection URL:** `https://app.creagents.com/api/mcp`
- **Icon (optional):** https://docs.creagents.com/img/brand/crea-icon-small.png

![The portal's Connect page with Perplexity picked: the numbered steps, the values to copy, and a line that shows it is waiting for Perplexity to connect.](https://docs.creagents.com/media/connect/perplexity.webp)

*The same steps in the portal, under Connect. It shows Waiting until Perplexity connects.*

## Have your AI do it

On the portal's Connect page, the **Have your AI do it** box has a ready-made prompt. Copy it and paste it into Perplexity, and it walks you through one step at a time.

## Check that it worked

Start a new chat in Perplexity and type:

> Use Vic to show me what you can do.

In the portal, Perplexity now shows up on **Connected AIs** in the left menu.

## Next steps

- [How CRE Agents works](https://docs.creagents.com/start/how-it-works.md): Tasks, skills and data in one picture.
- [All the AIs](https://docs.creagents.com/connect.md): Compare how each one connects.