Connect Saucepan to Perplexity

On a Perplexity Pro, Max or Enterprise plan, open Plugins, choose Add custom, then Add MCP connector, then Remote. Name it Saucepan, enter https://getsaucepan.com/mcp, set authentication to OAuth, and add it. Click the Saucepan card to sign in and tap Allow. Perplexity can then search, save and plan recipes with you.

Updated November 4, 2026

These steps follow Perplexity’s help center. Menu names change, so pick the closest match if one differs.

Steps

In Perplexity, open Plugins in the sidebar. On some accounts it’s Customize → Connectors.
Choose Add custom, then Add MCP connector.
Choose Remote.
Enter the name Saucepan and the URL https://getsaucepan.com/mcp.
Open Advanced. Set authentication to OAuth and transport to Streamable HTTP.
Tick the box to confirm you trust the server, then click Add.
Click the Saucepan card. A Saucepan page opens. Sign in with Apple, Google or an email code, or make a free account there.
Tap Allow.

Saucepan supports dynamic client registration, so Perplexity registers itself during sign-in. You don’t need a client ID or secret.

Use it in a thread

Name Saucepan in your request. Perplexity’s help says this makes clear which tools you want, so it doesn’t answer from the web instead.

“Search Saucepan for a 30-minute vegetarian dinner.”
“Save this to Saucepan: https://…” with a recipe link.
“Save that recipe to Saucepan.”
“What can I make from my Saucepan pantry?”
“Add the ingredients for the lemon chicken to my Saucepan groceries.”
“Put it on Thursday’s dinner in Saucepan.”

What it can and can’t do

Without signing in, it can search and read Saucepan’s collection of 5,700+ recipes with photos.

Signed in, it can also:

save a recipe from a link, one Perplexity wrote, or one from the collection,
search your saved recipes and list your collections,
read your pantry and tell you what you can make,
add ingredients or items to your grocery list, and read it,
read your meal plan and add a recipe or a note to a day.

It can’t delete anything, see your password, or post publicly. Saving from a link works with most recipe sites and food blogs, not social posts or videos. Share those to the Saucepan app.

Disconnect

In the Saucepan app: Profile → ChatGPT & Claude.
On the web: getsaucepan.com/app → account menu → ChatGPT and Claude.

Perplexity loses access at once. You can also disconnect it in Perplexity under Plugins → Installed.

Questions

Which Perplexity plans can add Saucepan?

Perplexity lists custom connectors for Pro, Max and Enterprise. In an Enterprise organization, an admin has to allow members to add their own connectors.

Is Saucepan free?

Yes. Connecting Saucepan is free, and you don't need Saucepan+. You do need a Perplexity plan that allows custom connectors.

Do I need the Saucepan app?

No. You can make a free Saucepan account on the sign-in page and start in Perplexity. Everything you save is in the Saucepan app and at getsaucepan.com/app.

Will I see recipe photo cards?

Expect answers as text with a link to each recipe.

Is my data used to train AI models?

Saucepan never receives your chat, only each request, such as search words or a link to save. Recipes you save this way are like anything else you keep in Saucepan: the Privacy Policy explains how they can be used to train AI. What Perplexity does with your threads is set by Perplexity and your settings there.