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perplexity

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Search the web with AI-powered answers via Perplexity API. Returns grounded responses with citations. Supports batch queries. Web search and research using Perplexity AI. Use when user says "search", "find", "look up", "ask", "research", or "what's the latest" for generic queries. NOT for library/framework docs (use Context7) or workspace questions.

When to use

• Generic web searches
• Finding resources
• Current best practices
• Recent information
• Tutorial discovery
• Conversational explanations
• Deep multi-source research

When not to use

• Library/framework documentation
• Graphite gt CLI queries
• Workspace-specific questions
• Specific URL crawling

Skill page

Conflict

The two skills describe fundamentally different implementations of the 'perplexity' skill. The first (softaworks) is a routing and policy skill for an agent using MCP tools (Perplexity Search/Ask), defining when to use them versus other tools like Context7 or Graphite, and explicitly prohibiting a specific research tool. The second (LeoYeAI) is a standalone CLI wrapper skill that executes a Node.js script to call the Perplexity API directly, requiring an API key. They do not reproduce each other; one is a decision framework for tool selection, and the other is a direct execution script. Combining them is necessary to capture both the high-level routing logic and the low-level API execution method.