Perplexity Known Pitfalls Overview Real gotchas when integrating Perplexity Sonar API. Perplexity uses an OpenAI-compatible chat endpoint but performs live web searches -- a fundamentally different paradigm from standard LLM completions. These pitfalls come from treating it like a regular chatbot. Prerequisites - Perplexity API key configured - Understanding of OpenAI-compatible chat API format Pitfalls 1. Using It as a Generic Chatbot Perplexity searches the web per request. Using it for tasks that don't need web search wastes money. 2. Ignoring Citations Perplexity returns , markers in text…