Run grocery, email and photo tasks through Comet browser
My quest for transformative AI led me to Comet, Perplexity's new Agentic AI browser. Task: My quest for transformative AI led me to Comet, Perplexity's new Agentic AI browser. This report details its ability to handle complex tasks: cleaning email, classifying 8,000 Dropbox photos, and planning a calendar. You will find a review of its tab management, technical failures, security risks, and my final verdict. Why I Wanted to Test Comet, Perplexity's New AI Browser I am passionate about new technologies, especially artificial intelligence. Over the years, I have tested numerous AI-based tools: ChatGPT, Gemini, Google's NotebookLM, DeepSeek, and even briefly Claude. Each offered a unique experience, but I have always been looking for solutions that could truly transform how we interact with information. When I learned about the launch of Comet, Perplexity's new AI-based browser, following Ludovic Salenne's excellent presentation, I immediately wanted to try it. My goal was simple: to form an informed opinion on this promising technology and understand what unique value it could bring to the already rich ecosystem of artificial intelligence tools. What Exactly Did I Do? The first step was simple: I downloaded Comet, a free and incredibly well-designed tool. What struck me was the seamless transition between Google Chrome and Perplexity. In just a few clicks, Comet was able to absorb everything I had accumulated in Chrome over the years: my tabs, sessions, passwords, and all my information. Everything was pre-connected and pre-filled as soon as I interacted with a form. Of course, a few adjustments were necessary: some passwords or forms had to be manually entered, but overall, the migration was fast and efficient. To go further, I purchased a subscription to the Pro version ($20 per month). This allowed me to test all of Comet's functionalities, especially the tool that seemed the most revolutionary: the Comet assistant, based on Agentic AI. What I Tested Classic Browser Use My very first test had nothing to do with Agentic AI. It was simply about using the browser. Broadly speaking, Comet is very similar to Chrome: nothing is confusing, many features are similar, and you find your way around very quickly. It feels like being at home. But the real difference lies in tab management. I don't know how you organize your Google Chrome, but for me, there are always between 5 and 10 windows open, each containing 3 to 15 tabs. With Chrome's current system, finding a specific tab is often a headache—a real sinkhole of lost time. With Perplexity Comet, it's totally different. The browser offers a simple and effective system for grouping tabs by group, with customizable colors. You can close and reopen all groups with a single action. This tab management feature is a real success: it won me over from the start, and spoiler alert, it might still be the part of Comet I prefer today. The Agentic AI, the Comet Assistant Next, I moved on to Comet's most distinguishing and unique aspect: Agentic AI, the integrated browser assistant. I conducted several tests to explore its capabilities, and the first was to analyze my grocery list. For this, I connected to intermarché.com via Comet with my credentials and gave the assistant direct access to my account, as if it were taking control of my browser. I asked Comet to examine my past purchases and compile a list of products I buy almost every week to analyze my consumption habits. The result was impressive: Comet described step-by-step everything it was doing. It analyzed the page, took screenshots, identified where to click, changed pages, found invoices... Its detailed reasoning is fascinating to observe, showing how intelligent the AI can be on certain complex tasks. But this test unfortunately ended in failure. On Intermarché, the receipts are in PDF format, and Comet was unable to either download or read these files. Despite its demonstration of logic and control, the Agentic AI still runs into certain technical limits. For this second test, I gave Comet access to my inbox, which I have been using for nearly 15 years. The goal was to see if the Agentic AI could help me clean up and organize my mailbox. First task: large files. I asked it to find all files with an attachment larger than 5 MB and place them in a folder so I could decide what to delete. After several minutes, Comet only managed to identify 5 or 6 files, even though my box probably contains hundreds of corresponding files over those 15 years.; tools: Perplexity Comet. Human role: The original post does not say how a person stayed involved.; limitations: Prerequisites include a $20/month Pro subscription and granting sensitive account access. Key constraints are severe performance issues: the browser slows down, downloads fail frequently, and the agent is unreliable for complex or high-volume data tasks. Security risks include prompt injection vulnerabilities where malicious sites could steal credentials. The tool is currently unsuitable for autonomous execution of critical business workflows..
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Overview
My quest for transformative AI led me to Comet, Perplexity's new Agentic AI browser.
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My quest for transformative AI led me to Comet, Perplexity's new Agentic AI browser. This report details its ability to handle complex tasks: cleaning email, classifying 8,000 Dropbox photos, and planning a calendar. You will find a review of its tab management, technical failures, security risks, and my final verdict. Why I Wanted to Test Comet, Perplexity's New AI Browser I am passionate about new technologies, especially artificial intelligence. Over the years, I have tested numerous AI-based tools: ChatGPT, Gemini, Google's NotebookLM, DeepSeek, and even briefly Claude. Each offered a unique experience, but I have always been looking for solutions that could truly transform how we interact with information. When I learned about the launch of Comet, Perplexity's new AI-based browser, following Ludovic Salenne's excellent presentation, I immediately wanted to try it. My goal was simple: to form an informed opinion on this promising technology and understand what unique value it could bring to the already rich ecosystem of artificial intelligence tools. What Exactly Did I Do? The first step was simple: I downloaded Comet, a free and incredibly well-designed tool. What struck me was the seamless transition between Google Chrome and Perplexity. In just a few clicks, Comet was able to absorb everything I had accumulated in Chrome over the years: my tabs, sessions, passwords, and all my information. Everything was pre-connected and pre-filled as soon as I interacted with a form. Of course, a few adjustments were necessary: some passwords or forms had to be manually entered, but overall, the migration was fast and efficient. To go further, I purchased a subscription to the Pro version ($20 per month). This allowed me to test all of Comet's functionalities, especially the tool that seemed the most revolutionary: the Comet assistant, based on Agentic AI. What I Tested Classic Browser Use My very first test had nothing to do with Agentic AI. It was simply about using the browser. Broadly speaking, Comet is very similar to Chrome: nothing is confusing, many features are similar, and you find your way around very quickly. It feels like being at home. But the real difference lies in tab management. I don't know how you organize your Google Chrome, but for me, there are always between 5 and 10 windows open, each containing 3 to 15 tabs. With Chrome's current system, finding a specific tab is often a headache—a real sinkhole of lost time. With Perplexity Comet, it's totally different. The browser offers a simple and effective system for grouping tabs by group, with customizable colors. You can close and reopen all groups with a single action. This tab management feature is a real success: it won me over from the start, and spoiler alert, it might still be the part of Comet I prefer today. The Agentic AI, the Comet Assistant Next, I moved on to Comet's most distinguishing and unique aspect: Agentic AI, the integrated browser assistant. I conducted several tests to explore its capabilities, and the first was to analyze my grocery list. For this, I connected to intermarché.com via Comet with my credentials and gave the assistant direct access to my account, as if it were taking control of my browser. I asked Comet to examine my past purchases and compile a list of products I buy almost every week to analyze my consumption habits. The result was impressive: Comet described step-by-step everything it was doing. It analyzed the page, took screenshots, identified where to click, changed pages, found invoices... Its detailed reasoning is fascinating to observe, showing how intelligent the AI can be on certain complex tasks. But this test unfortunately ended in failure. On Intermarché, the receipts are in PDF format, and Comet was unable to either download or read these files. Despite its demonstration of logic and control, the Agentic AI still runs into certain technical limits. For this second test, I gave Comet access to my inbox, which I have been using for nearly 15 years. The goal was to see if the Agentic AI could help me clean up and organize my mailbox. First task: large files. I asked it to find all files with an attachment larger than 5 MB and place them in a folder so I could decide what to delete. After several minutes, Comet only managed to identify 5 or 6 files, even though my box probably contains hundreds of corresponding files over those 15 years.
Reported result
All five agentic tasks failed to complete efficiently or accurately. The AI could not read PDF receipts, identified only a fraction of large email attachments, provided no useful YouTube insights, moved only 300-500 of 8,000 photos, and required over forty restarts to schedule calendar events. The author concluded that doing these tasks manually was faster and less frustrating than using the assistant.
Human role
The original post does not say how a person stayed involved.
Limitations
Prerequisites include a $20/month Pro subscription and granting sensitive account access. Key constraints are severe performance issues: the browser slows down, downloads fail frequently, and the agent is unreliable for complex or high-volume data tasks. Security risks include prompt injection vulnerabilities where malicious sites could steal credentials. The tool is currently unsuitable for autonomous execution of critical business workflows.
Try it
I want to evaluate Perplexity Comet's agentic capabilities for [replaceable task, e.g., organizing email attachments]. First, install Comet and import my Chrome data. Subscribe to the Pro plan. Grant the assistant access to [replaceable service, e.g., Gmail]. Instruct it to [replaceable specific action, e.g., find emails with attachments >5MB]. Monitor the process closely. If it stalls or fails, note the error. Do not allow it to delete or send anything without my explicit confirmation. After the test, report: 1) Did it complete the task? 2) How many manual restarts were needed? 3) Was it faster than doing it myself? If it fails or is slow, stop and revert to manual processing. Ask me for clarification if the task scope is ambiguous.
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