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.
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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.
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---name: perplexity
description: 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.
---# Perplexity Tools
Use ONLY when user says "search", "find", "look up", "ask", "research", or "what's the latest" for generic queries. NOT for library/framework docs (use Context7), gt CLI (use Graphite MCP), or workspace questions (use Nx MCP).
## Quick Reference
**Which Perplexity tool?**
- Need search results/URLs? → **Perplexity Search**
- Need conversational answer? → **Perplexity Ask**
- Need deep research? → **Researcher agent** (`/research <topic>`)
**NOT Perplexity - use these instead:**
- Library/framework docs → **Context7 MCP**
- Graphite `gt` CLI → **Graphite MCP**
- THIS workspace → **Nx MCP**
- Specific URL → **URL Crawler**
## Perplexity Search
**When to use:**
- Generic searches, finding resources
- Current best practices, recent information
- Tutorial/blog post discovery
- User says "search for...", "find...", "look up..."
**Default parameters (ALWAYS USE):**
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