Perplexity launches pplx, a terminal CLI for coding agents to search the web

Perplexity released pplx, an official command-line client for its Search API, offering "search web" and "content fetch" commands that return a single JSON object. It ships as a checksum-verified single binary for macOS arm64 and Linux, plus an Agent Skill for Claude Code, Codex CLI, and other harnesses.

Why it matters: This is part of a broader trend of AI companies packaging their APIs specifically for autonomous coding agents rather than human developers. It signals that web search is becoming standard infrastructure for agentic coding workflows, not just a chatbot feature.