AI Research for Designers
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AI Research for Designers.

Perplexity-powered research with citations. Fast, accurate, project-saved — feeds everything else.

Stensyl's Research studio is Perplexity Sonar Pro wrapped in a designer workflow. Get cited, multi-source answers to design history, planning policy, material specifications, competitor analysis — anything you'd otherwise Google — and save findings directly to your project.

Open Research

Research that feeds your work.

Perplexity with citations

Perplexity with citations

Every answer includes inline citations you can click to verify. Real sources, checkable, not AI hallucinations.

Multi-angle investigation

Multi-angle investigation

Deep multi-source synthesis mode for thorough research. The model investigates from multiple perspectives in one query.

Project-saved

Project-saved

Save findings to a project. Pulled into Write Studio drafts, referenced in Generate prompts, persistent in Ray chats.

The design-literate research layer.

Research in Stensyl is tuned for design workflows. Ask about heritage listing criteria for a building, Passivhaus retrofit rules in conservation areas, typography history for a brand pitch, or current sustainability regulations for a product launch. The responses are structured, cited, and formatted for professional use.

The design-literate research layer

Citations you can verify.

Every claim in a research response comes with an inline citation linking to the source. Click to verify, read deeper, or quote the original. This is research designed for professional deliverables where source integrity matters — planning statements, heritage reports, academic work.

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Citations you can verify

Feeds Write Studio.

Research saved to a project becomes available as context in Write Studio. A planning statement drafted in Write can pull directly from research findings, with citations preserved. No copy-pasting between tabs — the research becomes part of the document's research base.

Feeds Write Studio

Feeds Ray and Generate.

Ray can reference project research in conversation. Generate prompts can pull research findings as context. The research layer cascades through every studio, so the facts you've already verified inform every downstream creative decision.

Feeds Ray and Generate

Frequently asked.

Perplexity Sonar Pro is the best-in-class model for cited AI research. Accuracy matches a trained junior researcher for most queries; every claim is citation-linked so you can verify independently. Don't use it for highly specialised legal or medical work without expert review.

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Every Stensyl plan includes every model on this page. From £8/month annual. No per-model fees, no surprise charges.