Agent profile · Enterprise & productivity
Perplexity Teammates
Provider: Perplexity
Perplexity Teammates are persistent personal agents built on Perplexity Computer. They coordinate tasks across sessions, projects and other teammates; initial access is on the web for Max subscribers.
Original editorial decision map
Perplexity Teammates — decision checkpoints
Source-scoped product facts and checks to make before granting real-world actions.
Overview & direct answer
What is Perplexity Teammates?
Teammates are neither a new foundation model nor a replacement for Perplexity Computer. They add named, continuing responsibility for delegated work on top of Computer. A teammate can use project context, existing skills and permitted tools, coordinate subtasks and present outcomes for review instead of requiring a fresh prompt for every step.
The official November 4 launch post and November 6 changelog document the offering. These are vendor descriptions, not independent evidence of reliability, time savings or task success. The word ‘learn’ refers to persisting context and feedback within the workflow, not demonstrated model-weight updates.
Features & workflow
Features & workflow — Perplexity Teammates
A teammate can coordinate Computer tasks, parallel workstreams and handoffs to other teammates. The vendor describes use of Projects, memory, files, skills and connectors. In a support workflow, for example, it can investigate issues, draft responses and return unresolved decisions to the responsible humans.
Setup involves naming the agent, defining the work and choosing the necessary project and tools. Perplexity lists Slack, GitHub and Gmail plugins; users may select which GitHub repositories the teammate can access. Teammates inherit Computer project and tool permissions and run separate browser sessions. Those boundaries still require configuration and testing rather than blind reliance.
Practical use cases
Practical use cases — Perplexity Teammates
A low-risk pilot is read-only monitoring of public competitors: collect source URLs, explain detected changes and draft a report that a person approves before publication. A second pilot can coordinate internal deadlines and follow-up requests without committing changes in business systems.
Avoid unsupervised customer promises, purchases, payments or production changes until the specific permissions and approval flow have been tested. Multi-teammate delegation creates ownership and access questions. Successful promotional demos are not proof of dependable unattended operation.
Availability, cost & limits
Availability, cost & limits — Perplexity Teammates
As of November 8, 2026, the launch material limits Teammates to Perplexity Max subscribers on the web. An iOS option is described as coming later, not already generally available. Free or Pro access, guaranteed enterprise availability and unlimited task capacity are not established.
Pricing follows the applicable Max subscription and usage terms; exact teammate limits, task allowances and any extra costs require an account-specific check. Long-running assignments merit budgets, stop conditions and scoped connectors before rollout.
Privacy, security & trust
Privacy, security & trust — Perplexity Teammates
Perplexity documents Computer tool and project permissions and repository selection when connecting GitHub. These support a narrow source-scoped assertion about configurable tool access, not a blanket claim of least privilege, two-person approval or comprehensive audit trails.
The vendor also describes separate working environments and browser sessions, encrypted saved credentials and the option to inspect or take over running work. Whether those are sufficient for a specific privacy or compliance posture requires separate assessment. Only one of AgentenCode's 36 canonical governance controls is mapped here; other controls remain unknown, not false.
Comparison & choice
Comparison & choice — Perplexity Teammates
Computer addresses individual complex assignments; Teammates add a persistent role and coordination layer using Computer. Conventional automations may provide more predictable behavior for tightly scripted tasks. Teammates' adaptive planning can be valuable when tasks involve changing context, but also increases the surface for unexpected actions.
Choose persistent agents when work recurs, the evidence can be inspected and human reviewers are available. Choose deterministic automation where every step and authorization must be exact. This is an editorial fit analysis, not an independently benchmarked comparison.
Editorial deep dive
Editorial deep dive — Perplexity Teammates
In a first pilot, grant only read-only sources and a clearly named project. Require each finding to carry its original URL, observation time, reviewer and explicit approval state. In a second phase, test handoffs with a second teammate while keeping email sends and record changes behind human approval.
Measure sourced accuracy, false alerts, unwanted action attempts, review workload and recovery costs. Vendor sources do not provide independently audited rates for these outcomes. AgentenCode therefore does not assign an invented success percentage or ROI.
Frequently asked questions
Perplexity Teammates FAQ
Is Teammates separate from Computer?
It is a distinct named agent experience built on Perplexity Computer, not an independent foundation model.
Is Max required?
The initial web release is explicitly for Max subscribers; iOS is listed as coming soon.
Does it authorize external actions by default?
No blanket permission claim is supported. Projects, connectors and repository access must be individually configured and reviewed.
Primary sources & methodology
Original vendor evidence
Checked November 8, 2026. All product functionality, rollout, security and costs are vendor statements unless identified as editorial inference. No direct product test or compliance certification was performed. Unknown controls are not negative findings.
- Perplexity – Teammates announcement (4 November 2026) — https://www.perplexity.ai/en-GB/hub/blog/teammates-are-agents-for-complex-ongoing-work
- Perplexity – Changelog (6 November 2026) — https://www.perplexity.ai/changelog/teammates-fully-local-computer-on-mac-and-voice-mode