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DEC-0011: Perplexity Comet Is a Local Adobe Surface

Date: 2026-03-22 Decision by: Human + Codex Status: Active Related: DEC-0009, docs/production-pipeline.md, docs/comet-adobe-protocol.md

Context

DEC-0009 correctly shut down media generation inside ephemeral cloud workspaces. Since then, the project has also used Perplexity's dedicated Comet browser on this same local machine to access Adobe Firefly and related Adobe browser tools.

That created an ambiguity:

  • Perplexity-in-cloud is not allowed to run media generation
  • Perplexity should not launch scratch virtual machines or temporary remote environments for production work
  • Perplexity-in-Comet is physically local and has already been used to generate accepted assets

The project needs a standard interpretation so agents stop treating these as the same environment.

Decision

Perplexity's Comet browser on this device is defined as a fixed local production surface, not a cloud workspace and not a scratch virtual machine.

This allows Perplexity, when explicitly invoked by the human through Comet, to operate browser-native Adobe tools such as Firefly, Express, and Adobe Podcast under a local-first workflow.

Rules

  1. DEC-0009 still governs cloud workspaces with no exception.
  2. Perplexity must not launch scratch virtual machines, one-off browser sandboxes, or other temporary remote environments for production work.
  3. Comet/Adobe work is allowed only when the generated or processed asset is exported to local disk immediately.
  4. No metadata, manifest entry, or IMG record may be committed before the file exists locally.
  5. Prompt text or treatment notes should live in the repo, not only in Adobe history.
  6. Human approval remains the quality gate for accepted outputs.
  7. Cursor owns any automation or scaling work needed to support this workflow.

Consequences

  • docs/comet-adobe-protocol.md becomes the operating document for this path
  • docs/production-pipeline.md and AGENTS.md should reference the protocol
  • Agents may now refer to "Perplexity in Comet" as a local Adobe-assisted mode without contradicting the cloud restrictions in DEC-0009
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