Getting started
Install Better Perplexity, take the built-in tour and learn where everything lives.
Install#
- Install a userscript manager: Violentmonkey or Tampermonkey.
- Open the Install button on the overview page and confirm in your manager.
- Open perplexity.ai and sign in.
Updates arrive through your manager, and the script also checks for new versions about every 12 hours.
Take the tour#
Click the ? button in the header for guided tours. Each tour highlights real buttons and asks you to click or press the keys it describes.
Where things are#
| Where | What |
|---|---|
| Header badge | Remaining queries for the selected mode; hover for a summary, click for details |
| Header buttons | Export, settings and the tutorial |
| Message box buttons | Enter-as-newline settings, big messages, prompt library, batch runner |
| Select any text | A toolbar to ask, explain, summarize, fact-check or quote it |
Turn modules on and off#
Open the settings dialog (the sliders button). Every feature is a module with its own switch and its own settings. Disabled modules stay completely idle.
Note
The header buttons attach to the usage badge. If you disable Usage Status, those buttons disappear, but every action is still in the command palette.