# The AI-native knowledge base for Perplexity

Perplexity answers from the live web. Add Hjarni as a custom connector and it can answer from your facts too: your preferences, prior research, and decisions, not just what it finds online.

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## Connect Perplexity in about two minutes

1. Sign up for Hjarni. Confirm you are on Perplexity Pro, Max, or Enterprise, since the free tier cannot add custom connectors.
2. In Perplexity, open Settings, then Connectors, and choose to add a custom remote connector.
3. Paste https://hjarni.com/mcp as the MCP server URL and select the Streamable HTTP transport.
4. Choose OAuth to sign in with your Hjarni account, or supply a personal API token as the API key.
5. Ask Perplexity a question that should pull from your notes, and confirm it uses the connector.

```
https://hjarni.com/mcp
```

Custom remote connectors are available on Perplexity Pro, Max, and Enterprise (the free tier cannot add them). In Settings, open Connectors, add a custom remote connector, paste the URL above, choose the Streamable HTTP transport, and pick OAuth or an API key. Menu labels change, so follow Perplexity's connector help center for the current steps.

## Workflows that actually use your context

1. Answers grounded in your notes

   Perplexity is built to search and cite the web. A Hjarni connector lets it also pull from your own knowledge base, so answers reflect what you already know and decided.

2. Stop re-stating your context

   Instead of explaining your situation in every query, keep it in Hjarni once. Perplexity reads the relevant notes when they matter.

3. Write findings back

   Hjarni's MCP tools include create and update, so a research session can leave behind a note you and your other AI clients read later.

4. One knowledge base across assistants

   The same Hjarni notes Perplexity reads are the ones ChatGPT, Claude, and your editor read. One source of truth, every assistant.

## Why an answer engine is better with your own knowledge

Perplexity is excellent at finding and citing public information. What it cannot know is your private context: your preferences, your past research, the decisions your team already made. Without that, it answers about the world in general, not about your situation.

Hjarni gives it that missing half. Your notes live as Markdown you own, hosted in the EU, and Perplexity reads only what you connect it to, only when you ask.

Because Perplexity now supports custom remote MCP connectors on its paid tiers, adding Hjarni is a one-time setup. The same notes are then available to every other MCP client you use.

Common questions

## Questions before you connect Perplexity

**Can I add Hjarni to Perplexity?**

Yes, as a custom remote MCP connector, on Perplexity Pro, Max, or Enterprise. The free tier cannot add custom connectors.

**How do I add it?**

In Settings, open Connectors, add a custom remote connector, paste https://hjarni.com/mcp, choose the Streamable HTTP transport, and pick OAuth or an API key. Follow Perplexity's connector help center for the current steps.

**What does Hjarni add to Perplexity?**

Perplexity answers from the live web. Hjarni lets it also answer from your own notes: your preferences, prior research, and the decisions you already made.

**Can Perplexity write to my notes?**

Hjarni's MCP tools include create and update. Whether Perplexity invokes write tools depends on its connector behavior; reading your notes is the primary use today.

**Is the Hjarni side free?**

Yes. Hjarni's free tier includes MCP access with no token limits. The connector feature itself requires a paid Perplexity plan.