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Perplexity AI Guides: Beginner Tutorials and Practical Walkthroughs

Everything you need to get good at Perplexity, in one place. Start with the basics, learn to check sources and research properly, then master features like Deep Research, Spaces and Labs. Search all 41 guides, filter by level, or follow the 5-step path for beginners.

Start here

New to Perplexity? Follow these three in order

1. What is Perplexity AI? to understand cited answers. 2. The beginner’s guide to ask your first questions. 3. How to check sources, the one skill that makes every answer more useful. Then pick guides by what you want to do below.

What do you want to do?

Pick a goal and we’ll suggest three guides to read in order.

Learning path

Beginner learning path: 5 steps

About 28 minutes of reading in total. Tick each step as you finish it (your ticks aren’t saved when you leave the page).

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Library

All Perplexity guides

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Getting started

New to Perplexity? Begin here

Research skills

Ask better, check sources, work with documents

Feature walkthroughs

Master each tool, step by step

Apps

Set up Perplexity on every device

Comet browser

Perplexity’s AI browser

For developers

Build with the Perplexity API

Compare

Perplexity vs the alternatives

Help and troubleshooting

Fix problems and manage your account

FAQ

Questions about these guides

Where should a Perplexity beginner start?

Start with “What is Perplexity AI?” to understand how answers and citations work, then the beginner’s guide to ask your first questions. After that, learn to check sources, then try Pro Search and Spaces. The 5-step learning path on this page follows that order.

Are these guides official?

No. perplexitiai.com is an independent, unofficial guide and isn’t affiliated with Perplexity AI, Inc. We link to Perplexity’s own help pages and other sources so you can check details, and we date every review.

Do I need a paid plan to follow the guides?

Most beginner guides work on the free plan. Some features, such as model choice, Labs and Perplexity Computer, need Pro or Max, and each guide says which plan a feature needs.

How often are the guides updated?

Perplexity changes quickly, so we review guides regularly and show a “last reviewed” date on each page. If something looks out of date, check Perplexity’s own help center.

Which guide helps me write better questions?

Read the beginner’s guide, then browse the prompt library and research prompts for copy-ready examples.

Is there a guide for developers?

Yes. Start with the Perplexity API starting guide, then create an API key and follow the Python tutorial.

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