You asked Perplexity a question, got a good answer, and one of the footnoted sources is the thing your teammate actually needs to see. Pasting the whole response into chat loses the point. A raw screenshot drops the question but leaves everyone hunting for which citation you meant. The fix is to pin the exact source, add one line of context, and send a link the other person opens cold.
Here is the workflow, start to finish, using Cobalt Capture in a browser tab. No install, no extension, no password to begin.
Step 1: Get Perplexity and Cobalt open in the same browser
Open your Perplexity answer in one tab. In another tab, go to start a new review. Nothing to download and no sign-up before you capture. Cobalt runs entirely in the browser, so both tabs sit side by side.
If you want the same move to run from inside Perplexity itself later, the Perplexity connector page shows how to add Cobalt as an MCP connector so the assistant can write reviews directly. For a one-off pin on a single citation, the browser capture below is faster.
Step 2: Capture the answer as a still frame
In Cobalt, click Capture screen. The browser asks which window or screen to share. Pick the tab with your Perplexity answer, and the current frame is grabbed as a still image. The question, the answer text, and the numbered citation markers are all in the shot.
Cobalt captures still frames, not video. That matters here: a static image of the answer is exactly what a reader needs to check a source, and it drops into a document or a markdown file cleanly. If you want the reasoning behind that, a cropped still beats an annotated live page for feedback people act on.
Step 3: Crop to the answer and the citation row
Perplexity screens carry a sidebar, related questions, and a search bar that none of this needs. Crop the still down to the answer paragraph and the row of sources at the bottom. The smaller the frame, the faster your reader finds the one thing you are pointing at.
Step 4: Drop a numbered pin on the citation that matters
This is the whole point of the capture. Drop a numbered pin directly on the citation marker, source [3] or whichever one carries the claim you care about. If a second source backs up a different sentence, drop pin 2 on that one. Pins render in order, so a reader scans them 1, then 2, in the sequence you set. If you want that order to read as steps, see numbered pins that make a reader follow steps in order.
The pins are baked into the exported image. Whoever opens the link, or downloads the PDF, sees the marker exactly where you put it. No separate legend to maintain.
Step 5: Add one line of context to the pin
Click the item the screenshot created and type a short comment, or dictate it if you are in Chrome or Edge. One sentence does it: "Pin 1 is the stat we cited in the deck. The source is a 2021 blog post, not the original study. Worth checking before we publish." You are not restating the answer. You are telling the reader why this citation, out of six, is the one to open.
Step 6: Publish and copy the link
Click Publish. Cobalt asks for an email so it can send you the link, then gives the review a short address of the form /r/<slug>, plus a clean reader page at /s/<slug> for anyone who just needs to read it. Copy the link and send it in chat.
Your teammate opens it without signing in or installing anything. They see the cropped answer, your numbered pin on the exact citation, and your one line of context. If they have a question, they can comment on that item and you can mark it resolved. No project tool, no account for them, no meeting. For the full picture of what a client or colleague sees on the other end, read what your client sees on a review link.
What this costs and when it goes read-only
Starting is free: unlimited reviews and screenshots, no password, no card. The shared link keeps working for the people you sent it to, and comments stay open. After 7 days the review goes read-only for you, which means editing, exports, and sign-in features stop, though the link and its comments still work for your reader. Pro is $5 a month or $50 a year, keeps every review editable with no cutoff, and reopens read-only reviews instantly. The pricing details spell out both plans.
Next time a Perplexity answer hinges on one source, do not paste the whole thing and hope someone spots it. Capture, pin the citation, say why in a sentence, and send the link.