published mar 26, 2026

Use Perplexity as Your Personal Shopper (Perplexity Computer Walkthrough)

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The Rundown

This guide shows you how to use Perplexity’s agent search feature, Perplexity Computer, as a personal shopper. You will use it to find items that match your preferences, check what is in stock in your size, surface deals, and produce a detailed shopping report with direct links. Perplexity Computer is normally for Max accounts, but Perplexity Pro users can test it with free credits right now.

Who This Is Useful For

Busy shoppers who want help narrowing products by size, color, fit, or brand without clicking through a dozen dead ends
Perplexity Pro users who have bonus Computer credits and want a concrete test before deciding whether it is worth spending more
Anyone who is overwhelmed by the number of products and shopping websites online

What You Will Build

You will create a detailed shopping report with links to the best deals and options that match your shopping criteria.

A shortlist of best overall options
A best budget option
Items that are actually in stock in your size
Direct links to buy

What You Need

A Perplexity Pro account
The Perplexity or Comet app, optional
A difficult shopping decision with lots of potential options

Going Further

After you build your shopping report, you can ask Perplexity Computer to set up scheduled tasks to monitor item prices and new listings each day or week. The guide notes that these scheduled tasks should not use your Perplexity Computer tokens.

Ask Perplexity to “find you a deal” so it looks for sales and discounts before you buy.

Open Perplexity in the app or in your browser and look for the Perplexity Computer toggle.

You can test the same shopping query side by side in regular Perplexity and Perplexity Computer. Regular Perplexity Assistant is useful for a quick search, but Perplexity Computer is more thorough for shopping research.

Keep the prompt simple. Give Perplexity the item type, your preferences, your size, and what kind of shopping output you want.

Prompt

Help me shop for [item type].

I want:
- brand preferences: [brand or "no preference"]
- cosmetic style: [clean / modern / minimal / bold / etc.]
- sizing: [size]

Give me:
1. The best overall options
2. The best budget option
3. Items that are actually in stock in my size
4. Direct links to buy

That is enough to get good results. If you want to add color or budget, you can, but you do not need to write a giant prompt.

Pro tip: Ask Perplexity to “find you a deal,” and it is smart enough to look for sales and discounts.

Perplexity behaves like a real search query. If you give it two brands, it sticks to those two brands instead of wandering all over the place.

Pro tip: Before you spend Computer credits, run the same shopping question in regular Perplexity Assistant so you can see the difference.

Use your credits wisely. Perplexity Computer uses credits; regular Perplexity search does not.

If you want to save a little on tokens, switch the model to Claude Sonnet for the first pass. Then use Perplexity Computer when you are ready to do the real shopping work.

If you end up using this a lot, you can upgrade to Max or buy more tokens à la carte.

To stretch your tokens further, take your shopping hit list into a regular session in Perplexity’s web browser, Comet. It can control your browser and do slower follow-up research for you.

Pro tip: Perplexity shopping has an “Instant Buy” feature where you enter your address and credit card, and it will use them to check out for you. As of when this guide released, it was only available for specific retailers that had opted in.

Try ordering through the Comet or Perplexity app. You should see your order being tracked in the “Orders” tab. Make sure you connect your Gmail too.

Use Perplexity as Your Personal Shopper (Perplexity Computer Walkthrough)

The Rundown

Who This Is Useful For

What You Will Build

What You Need

Going Further

Turn on Perplexity Computer

Give it a simple shopping brief

Manage your credits and follow-up research

Order and track your purchase

The Rundown

Who This Is Useful For

What You Will Build

What You Need

Going Further

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