bug:

[ehansonddh]

Description

I've specified that TM is to use Sonar Pro for research tasks and I've added my Perplexity API key to my project's .env file. However, when I run tm analyze-complexity, it uses the main model (Sonnet) to do the analysis.

Steps to Reproduce

1. Set up a Perplexity account and fund it.
2. Add the API key to the project's .env file in the format PERPLEXITY_API_KEY="your_perplexity_api_key_here" # Optional: Format: pplx-...
3. Set Sonar Pro as the research model.
4. Create a PRD document.
5. Run tm parse-prd [path/to/file] to expand it.
6. Run tm analyze-complexity to analyze complexity.
7. Note the AI Usage Summary.

Expected Behavior

The AI Usage Summary should show perplexity as the provider and sonar-pro as the model.

Actual Behavior

The AI Usage Summary shows claude-code as the provider and sonney as the model.

Screenshots or Logs

Environment

• Task Master version: 0.26
• Node.js version: 22.17.1
• Operating system: WSL2/Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS
• IDE (if applicable): N/A

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1. bug: Config.json Model Settings Ignored During Subtask Generation #693

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[ehansonddh]

I wasn't experiencing this issue with version 0.25, so it's possible that it's either reappeared in the same form or there's something else that's causing the same problem as #693. Here's a screen shot of my config.json:

[ehansonddh]

I see the issue now: the --research flag needs to be added in order to call Perplexity. Perhaps the documentation could be updated to make that more obvious?

[Crunchyman-ralph]

Sure !

What part of the documentation did you look at, what part do you reckon is missing ?

On the MCP side or on the cli side ?

[ehansonddh]

The Analyze Complexity section of https://docs.task-master.dev/getting-started/quick-start/tasks-quick is a bit ambiguous, because it doesn't have the command, just a potential prompt. The CLI help mentions the --research flag, but doesn't say what it does.