Email Perplexity's top web result when Button is pressed
4 ready-made Button widget and Perplexity Applets
Turn one on, or build your own. IFTTT can look up "Ask Perplexity" on Perplexity to use in an automation.-
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Email Perplexity answers when you press Button
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Post Perplexity search top result to Discord
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Post Perplexity answers to Discord on Button press
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Automate Button widget and Perplexity from your AI assistant
Ask Cursor to create Button widget applets that trigger actions with a single tap, right from your AI assistant, with IFTTT MCP.
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Create your own Button widget and Perplexity workflow
Create custom workflows effortlessly by selecting triggers, queries, and actions. With IFTTT, it's simple: “If this” trigger happens, “then that” action follows. Streamline tasks and save time with automated workflows that work for you.
3 triggers, queries, and actions
Button press
Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every 5 minutes for Pro and Pro+ users, and every hour for Free users.
This trigger fires every time you press the button.
Ask Perplexity
Query
A query lets your Applet retrieve extra data that isn't included in the trigger, so that your automation can include more complete or useful information.
This query returns a conversational, web-grounded answer from Perplexity, along with the web sources it cited, for the question you provide.
Search the web
Query
A query lets your Applet retrieve extra data that isn't included in the trigger, so that your automation can include more complete or useful information.
This query returns the top ranked web results from Perplexity for the search you provide, each with its title, link, and a snippet.
Ask Perplexity
Query
A query lets your Applet retrieve extra data that isn't included in the trigger, so that your automation can include more complete or useful information.
This query returns a conversational, web-grounded answer from Perplexity, along with the web sources it cited, for the question you provide.
Button press
Polling trigger
Polling Applets run after IFTTT reaches out to the trigger service and finds a new trigger event. These trigger checks occur every 5 minutes for Pro and Pro+ users, and every hour for Free users.
This trigger fires every time you press the button.
Search the web
Query
A query lets your Applet retrieve extra data that isn't included in the trigger, so that your automation can include more complete or useful information.
This query returns the top ranked web results from Perplexity for the search you provide, each with its title, link, and a snippet.
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How to connect to a Button widget automation
Find an automation using Button widget
Find an automation to connect to, or create your own!Connect IFTTT to your Button widget account
Securely connect the Applet services to your respective accounts.Finalize and customize your Applet
Review trigger and action settings, and click connect. Simple as that!Upgrade your automations with
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