# Reasoning HTTP format (accessed 2026-06-25):
# POST https://api.perplexity.ai/v1/sonar
# JSON reasoning_effort: "minimal" | "low" | "medium" | "high".
# No toggle or reasoning-token budget is documented for this model.
# Sources:
# https://docs.perplexity.ai/api-reference/sonar-post
# https://docs.perplexity.ai/docs/sonar/models/sonar-deep-research
name = "Perplexity Sonar Deep Research"
description = "Sonar search model for current answers, retrieval, and citation-backed chat"
release_date = "2025-02-01"
last_updated = "2025-09-01"
attachment = false
reasoning = true
reasoning_options = [{ type = "effort", values = ["minimal", "low", "medium", "high"] }]
temperature = false
tool_call = false
knowledge = "2025-01"
open_weights = false

[cost]
input = 2.0
output = 8.0
citation = 2.0
request = 5.0
reasoning = 3.0

[limit]
context = 128_000
output = 32_768

[modalities]
input = ["text"]
output = ["text"]