Web Research with Perplexity

Default: Call Perplexity MCP directly. Only spawn agent when codebase context is explicitly needed.

Best For

• Technology comparisons (X vs Y)
• Best practices, industry standards
• OWASP, security guidelines
• Documentation references
• Stable technical content

Default Mode: Direct MCP Call

Use this for 90% of research requests. When user says "ask Perplexity", "research", "look up", etc.: