Perplexity testing New Gmail triggers that could wake AI when email arrives
Code in desktop build 26.9.4 shows a new-email event, seven filters and backend subscription routes behind an internal allowlist.
By Ryan Merket · Published · Updated
Why it matters
Event triggers could replace slow, credit-consuming inbox polling with immediate runs. They also let untrusted email initiate an agent workflow, raising the stakes for approvals and prompt-injection defenses.
Perplexity is building event-driven automations that can start a Computer workflow when a matching email reaches Gmail, moving its AI agent beyond the hourly inbox checks available in the released product.
RuntimeWire reviewed Perplexity's official desktop package, v26.9.4, build 72244, downloaded on September 22nd. A workflow interface inside the package includes a section labeled "Run automatically" and an option to subscribe the workflow to Gmail events.…
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