diff --git a/agentstack/templates/crewai/tools/perplexity_tool.py b/agentstack/templates/crewai/tools/perplexity_tool.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a5a361b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/agentstack/templates/crewai/tools/perplexity_tool.py
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+import os
+
+import requests
+from crewai_tools import tool
+
+from dotenv import load_dotenv
+load_dotenv()
+
+url = "https://api.perplexity.ai/chat/completions"
+api_key = os.getenv("PERPLEXITY_API_KEY")
+
+@tool
+def query_perplexity(query: str):
+    """
+    Use Perplexity to concisely search the internet and answer a query with up-to-date information.
+    """
+
+    payload = {
+        "model": "llama-3.1-sonar-small-128k-online",
+        "messages": [
+            {
+                "role": "system",
+                "content": "Be precise and concise."
+            },
+            {
+                "role": "user",
+                "content": query
+            }
+        ],
+        # "max_tokens": "Optional",
+        "temperature": 0.2,
+        "top_p": 0.9,
+        "return_citations": True,
+        "search_domain_filter": ["perplexity.ai"],
+        "return_images": False,
+        "return_related_questions": False,
+        "search_recency_filter": "month",
+        "top_k": 0,
+        "stream": False,
+        "presence_penalty": 0,
+        "frequency_penalty": 1
+    }
+    headers = {
+        "Authorization": f"Bearer {api_key}",
+        "Content-Type": "application/json"
+    }
+
+    response = requests.request("POST", url, json=payload, headers=headers)
+    if response.status_code == 200 and response.text:
+        return response.text
+    else:
+        print(f"{response.status_code} - {response.text}")
+        return "Failed to query perplexity"
diff --git a/agentstack/tools/perplexity.json b/agentstack/tools/perplexity.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8e75110
--- /dev/null
+++ b/agentstack/tools/perplexity.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+  "name": "perplexity",
+  "package": "",
+  "env": "PERPLEXITY_API_KEY=pplx-...",
+  "tools": ["query_perplexity"]
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/agentstack/tools/tools.json b/agentstack/tools/tools.json
index 15e6bfb..553480b 100644
--- a/agentstack/tools/tools.json
+++ b/agentstack/tools/tools.json
@@ -42,5 +42,9 @@
   "web-retrieval": [{
     "name": "exa",
     "url": "https://exa.ai"
+  }],
+  "search": [{
+    "name": "perplexity",
+    "url": "https://perplexity.ai"
   }]
 }
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index c76d38e..cf628a7 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "agentstack"
-version = "0.1.8-dev9"
+version = "0.1.9"
 description = "The fastest way to build robust AI agents"
 authors = [
     { name="Braelyn Boynton", email="bboynton97@gmail.com" }