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Look up current research information using Perplexity's Sonar Pro Search or Sonar Reasoning Pro models through OpenRouter. Automatically selects the best model based on query complexity. Search academic papers, recent studies, technical documentation, and general research information with citations. Compiles current scholarly evidence for a scientific manuscript or research brief when the user explicitly asks to gather literature, references, background evidence, competing findings, or a manuscript research packet. Uses Parallel Search by default, Parallel Extract for source retrieval, Parallel Research for explicitly deep/exhaustive work, optional explicit Parallel Chat, and optional Perplexity only when requested or allowed as a failure fallback.
The three copies share the name and the broad goal of gathering current research, but they implement different procedures. The K-Dense copy is a Parallel-first manuscript pipeline with a 60-reference target, context file, academic search passes, and Extract verification. The Vibe-Skills and OpenClaw copies are nearly identical Perplexity/OpenRouter lookup skills that add automatic model selection and a scientific-schematics visualization step. Because the K-Dense copy lacks the Perplexity model-selection and schematic steps, and the Perplexity copies lack the Parallel academic pipeline and verification workflow, crowning one would hide a real alternative.