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Perplexity Model Watcher by MaxScorpy

Shows which AI model really answered each Perplexity reply — with an alert when it isn't the one you picked.

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Perplexity routes your question to different models and doesn't always
make it obvious which one actually wrote the answer — and sometimes it
isn't the model you selected. Perplexity Model Watcher reads the real
answer and shows the model that produced it, right on the response.

WHAT IT DOES
  • A small badge on each answer names the model that actually replied,
    with human-readable names instead of raw internal identifiers.
  • Mismatch alert: when the model that answered differs from the one you
    requested, the badge flags it — so you know when Perplexity quietly
    fell back to a different model.
  • Draggable badge: move it wherever it doesn't get in your way; its
    position is remembered between sessions. Minimize it to a compact pill
    when you just want a glance.
  • Survives Perplexity's single-page navigation and re-renders — the
    badge re-attaches itself as you move between threads and follow-ups.

WHY IT'S PRIVATE
  • Runs only on perplexity.ai. It reads the answer stream on the page to
    identify the model — nothing is sent anywhere.
  • Zero telemetry, zero analytics, zero remote calls.
  • Only the "storage" permission, used to remember the badge position and
    your preferences locally.
  • AMO data_collection_permissions disclosure is set to "none".

CREDITS

Built on Model Watcher by the Model Watcher contributors
(https://github.com/apix7/perplexity-model-watcher), used under the MIT
License. The licence and an attribution notice ship inside the add-on
(LICENSE and NOTICE.md). What this version changes: the answer stream is read
progressively and finalised on a quiet timeout, so the badge cannot stay stuck
on "analyzing" after a follow-up, and an explicit idle/active/done phase drives
it. The draggable, minimisable badge and its remembered position come from the
original project.

LANGUAGES

Interface in Russian; model names are shown as-is (GPT, Claude, Sonar,
Grok, etc.).
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Permissions and data

Required permissions:

  • Access your data for sites in the perplexity.ai domain

Optional permissions:

  • Access your data for sites in the perplexity.ai domain

Data collection:

  • The developer says this extension doesn't require data collection.
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Version
1.0.13
Size
31.19 KB
Last updated
a day ago (Aug 6, 2026)
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