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FedReg Tracker + Perplexity: find sourced coverage of a proposed rule your tracker flagged

FedReg Tracker watches the Federal Register and Public Inspection and tells your assistant about proposed rules, comment deadlines and changes, with official links. Perplexity answers with cited sources, so you can look for news and agency statements about a flagged rule and open each link.

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Add FedReg Tracker to Perplexity as a custom connector, then ask for sourced coverage and agency statements about a proposed rule it flagged.
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Example alert. Names and numbers are illustrative.

Key takeaways

The short version.

  • FedReg Tracker watches the Federal Register and Public Inspection and reports proposed rules, final rules, comment deadlines and changes, with the official PDF linked on every result.
  • Perplexity answers with citations, which suits the second step: looking for news coverage and agency statements about a rule, with pages you can open.
  • Perplexity's help center describes custom remote connectors that take an HTTPS address and offers None, API Key and OAuth 2.0 as authentication options. FedReg Tracker's address is https://fedregtracker.com/mcp.
  • Searching needs no key. Watchlists and alerts need a free key from the tracker's site. The help page does not say which plans include custom connectors, and organization members need an admin to allow them.
  • Both tools only report and explain. Neither gives legal advice, and the official notice governs every date.

Who it is for

Who is this pairing for?

  • It is for people who follow federal rulemaking and want more than the notice itself: small business owners, compliance staff, trade…

  • FedReg Tracker monitors the U.S.

  • The tracker finds the rule and its dates.

It is for people who follow federal rulemaking and want more than the notice itself: small business owners, compliance staff, trade association teams, consultants and anyone who comments on proposed rules.

FedReg Tracker monitors the U.S. Federal Register and Public Inspection and tells your AI assistant what is new, with official links. Perplexity is an AI answer engine that cites the pages it read.

The tracker finds the rule and its dates. Perplexity helps you look for reporting and agency statements about the same rule. This is not an official integration, and AgentStructure has no partnership with Perplexity.

Use cases

5 ways people use FedReg Tracker + Perplexity.

  1. Official record

    1. Start from the official record

    Ask the tracker about the rule first. It returns the document with its legal status (proposed, final, or a Public Inspection filing that is not yet published), its dates and a link to the official PDF.

    That gives you a fixed starting point. Everything you ask Perplexity afterwards is context around the notice, not a replacement for it. A proposed rule is not law.

  2. News coverage

    2. Find news coverage of a proposed rule

    Once the tracker flags a proposal that matches your watchlist, ask Perplexity what news outlets and trade publications have reported about it, and to show the source for each point.

    Because it cites its sources, you can open each page and see whether it supports the claim or only repeats a headline. Compare dates, since an older story may be about an earlier version of the idea.

  3. Agency statements

    3. Look for agency statements

    Agencies often publish a press release, a fact sheet or a set of questions and answers next to a proposal. Ask Perplexity to look for statements from the agency itself and to link them.

    If it finds none, that is useful to know. Do not fill the gap with guesses. The notice in the Federal Register remains the authority on what is proposed.

  4. Before the deadline

    4. Understand a rule before a comment deadline

    The tracker sends deadline reminders at 30, 14, 7 and 1 days, as calendar dates. When one arrives, ask Perplexity for background on the topic, such as who has commented publicly or what earlier rulemakings said, with sources.

    Use the results as leads to read, then check the dates in the official notice. If the comment period was extended, the official notice governs.

  5. Proposed vs final

    5. Compare a proposed rule with the final one

    The tracker can compare a proposed and a final version of a rule using the documents' metadata. Ask Perplexity afterwards how outlets described what changed, and which parts they quote.

    Where coverage and the documents differ, trust the documents. Neither tool says whether a rule applies to your business. That needs review by a qualified legal or compliance professional.

On your phone

What the alerts look like.

Illustrative

Figure 1

An example exchange. The rule, the dates and the sources are made up.

Example alerts. Every name, number and event shown is illustrative.

How to

How do I connect FedReg Tracker to Perplexity?

  1. Step 1

    Get the tracker's remote MCP address from [fedregtracker.com](https://fedregtracker.com): https://fedregtracker.com/mcp. Searching needs no key. For watchlists and alerts, create the free access key on the site and keep it private.

  2. Step 2

    In Perplexity, open Plugins, or Customize and then Connectors. Per its [help center](https://www.perplexity.ai/help-center/en/articles/13915507-adding-custom-remote-connectors), choose Add custom, then Connector, then Add MCP connector, and select Remote.

  3. Step 3

    Enter a name and the address (HTTPS). The help page lists None, API Key and OAuth 2.0 for authentication: try None for search only. For watchlists, the tracker's site says to send the key as Authorization: Bearer, or use the private link shown with your key. Tick the box and click Add.

  4. Step 4

    Click the connector card to enable it, then ask about a rule on your watchlist. Open the sources before you rely on any answer.

Perplexity's help page does not say which plans can add custom connectors, or how its API Key option sends the key. Organization members need an admin to allow custom connectors, and the page warns that Perplexity cannot verify third-party servers. If you cannot add it, the tracker's free email alerts still work, and you can paste their links into Perplexity. FedReg Tracker is not listed in Perplexity's directory or built into it.

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FAQ

Frequently asked questions.

Is FedReg Tracker an official Perplexity integration?

No. There is no partnership, listing or built-in integration. The tracker's site names Claude, ChatGPT and other apps that accept a remote MCP connector. Perplexity describes custom remote connectors, and you add the address yourself if your account allows it.

Is this legal advice?

No. FedReg Tracker is for information only and does not replace advice from qualified legal or compliance professionals. Perplexity does not give legal advice either, and the official notice governs dates.

Is a proposed rule binding?

No. A proposed rule is not law. The tracker labels each document as proposed, final, or a Public Inspection filing that is not yet published and can still change or be withdrawn.

Will it catch every federal action?

The tracker cannot promise that. It covers U.S. federal rules only, and monitoring runs on a schedule. Perplexity may also miss coverage, so check the official sources.

What does it cost?

The free plan includes searching, three watchlists, deadline reminders and email alerts. Premium is listed as coming soon, and nothing is charged today.

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