URTEILSVERLAUF
- Perplexity remains the cited-answer benchmark for consumer AI search, but the card now needs to treat Perplexity as two related products: the consumer answer engine and the API platform. The consumer product is useful for fast source maps and Deep Research drafts; the API platform is a separate developer surface with Sonar, Search, Agent, and Embeddings APIs. The hard editorial rule stays the same: citations are leads, not bibliography-ready evidence.
- Production-readiness audit pass: editorsNote, pricing/privacy checked dates confirmed; Sonar/Search API token + per-request fee rows aligned with docs.perplexity.ai. benchmarkReady remains false intentionally until desk citation audit and Sonar latency runs land.