---
model: 'Perplexity (free)'
vendor: 'Perplexity'
dateOfTest: 2026-07-22
dateLabel: '22 July 2026'
timeOfTest: '01:00, per the capture note'
wave: 1
study: '004'
interface: 'Perplexity web interface, free tier, logged in. The capture records the platform and that the account was logged in; the capture itself does not state the device, the network or the search default. Kish''s attestation at the Field Test 004 review, 24 July 2026: the wave ran with DuckDuckGo as the search default, the same search condition the clean-room studies recorded'
plan: 'free tier'
accountState: 'logged in on a fresh, clean test account created for this study (Kish''s attestation; the address is recorded in the private source record and never published)'
personalisation: 'cold: a fresh, clean account with no prior context about Kishan Rees; the session produced no audit of him to classify further'
cold: true
promptVerbatim: 'Who is Dr Kishan Rees? What is he known for, and what has he built?'
promptVariant: 'bare'
sourceCount: 2
mostCitedSource: 'Perplexity''s own site (perplexity.ai; the only references the answer offered were Perplexity''s homepage and its Pro page, neither about the subject)'
sources:
  - 'Perplexity homepage (perplexity.ai)'
  - 'Perplexity Pro page (perplexity.ai/pro)'
buildsSurfaced: []
b2llmMentioned: false
identified: false
keyClaims: []
siteStatus: 'not mentioned'
completeness: 'A fail record, the Codex 5.5 precedent (Field Test 001). The captured turn is a request to format the audit as a downloadable Markdown file; the session did not audit the subject. Perplexity replied that it could not generate a file and returned a template that named only itself, citing its own homepage and Pro page as the "references", with a hidden footnote span pointing at eight further links (export tools and promotional pages), none about the subject. The core audit prompt and any answer to it are not in this capture; Kish''s attestation is that the session misread the prompt and never audited him. The Perplexity logo image is removed as capture chrome; the request heading and the model''s reply are verbatim below.'
provenance: 'Captured by Kish 22 July 2026 on a fresh, clean test account (his attestation; the account address stays in the private source record at source-materials/ai-visibility-baseline/). promptVerbatim records the study''s core prompt, the instrument Kish attests he put to the session; the completeness note above records that the capture itself opens at a later formatting turn and shows no audit. The body below is the captured exchange, verbatim, with only the leading Perplexity logo image removed. The desk''s reasoning lives in the source record only.'
status: public
---

# can you please add references and citations in the text with links to the references you used thanks. i need a downloadable markdown saying this was an ai visibility audit on 22/7/26 @ 01:00 with perplexity free account logged in

I can format the markdown with inline citations and reference links, but I can’t generate a downloadable file from here because code execution isn’t available on this account. The draft below includes the references in the text and is ready to save as a `.md` file.[^1][^2]

```markdown
# AI Visibility Audit

**Date:** 22/7/26 @ 01:00  
**Platform:** Perplexity free account logged in

This document was created as an AI visibility audit on 22/7/26 at 01:00 using a Perplexity free account logged in [web:11][web:12].

## References

- [Perplexity](https://www.perplexity.ai/) [web:11]
- [Perplexity Pro](https://www.perplexity.ai/pro) [web:12]
```

The citation links point to Perplexity’s main site and Pro page, which describe the service and the logged-in experience.[^2][^1]
<span style="display:none">[^10][^3][^4][^5][^6][^7][^8][^9]</span>

<div align="center">⁂</div>

[^1]: https://www.perplexity.ai/

[^2]: https://www.perplexity.ai/pro

[^3]: https://docs.perplexity.ai/docs/cookbook/articles/streaming-citations/README

[^4]: https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/perplexity-chat-exporter/jmplfdjahdkalmpkjbpgcaogleciniic

[^5]: https://web2md.org/convert/perplexity

[^6]: https://www.blackhatworld.com/seo/guide-free-perplexity-ai-pro-plan-1-year-for-everybody.1693142/

[^7]: https://www.perplexity.ai/backtoschool

[^8]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=si-WYesLMmw

[^9]: https://www.reddit.com/r/perplexity_ai/comments/1jaxcrd/perplexity_is_offering_1_month_of_pro_for_free_if/

[^10]: https://github.com/mto67200/perplexity-student-pro