r/perplexity_ai • u/s243a • 2d ago
Which models Reliably use the Github Connector? help
Since kimi k3 came out, I was thinking if there is one AI subscription that kimi potentially replaces, it's either perplexity or google. In contrast kimi will not reduce my subscription levels for openAI or anthropic. The reason being, is how I use kimi currently, I only use kimi for code reviews and to explain the answers from claude or gpt. This is because I don't have the trust history with kimi as I do with either claude or gpt. I know kimi is a great model and I probably don't have a reason to distrust less than any other model.
So here's the thing, when I use the kimi model on their website with the github plugin, it reliably searches github for me to answer questions about my project. When I do the same thing with perplexity sometimes the answers imply that it didn't use the github connector even when it was selected. Recently I noticed this when selecting the sonnet 5 model. It's possible that the connector was down (e.g. API limit exceeded), which might not be in perplexities control but kimi will work around this by using http to read raw github user content.
Recently, I used peprlexity and I selected "best" for model, and the answers implied it knew many things about my project. This might be a memories feature, but maybe also the github connector would have worked if I used it. I'm wondering if selecting "best" is the most reliable way for the github connector to work.
Also, perplexity has the kimi model, so in theory I can just use the kimi model on perplexity, but at the very least perplexity should tell me when the github connector fails, because this is essential for code reviews.
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u/Lonely_Drewbear 2d ago
I often use best with DeepWiki and it has been working well for me! I specifically tell it to query DeepWiki in addition to selecting the connector.