Perplexity Search

Use this skill to search the web via the Perplexity Sonar API. It returns accurate, cited, real-time answers grounded in current web sources.

When to use this skill

Invoke this skill automatically when the user asks about:

• Current events, recent news, or anything that may have changed recently
• Product releases, software versions, or API documentation
• Research questions that benefit from citations and web sources
• Comparisons, pricing, or availability that requires live data
• Any question where freshness or sourcing matters

Trigger phrases: "search for", "look up", "find out", "what's the latest", "current", "recent", "news about", "web search", "perplexity search"

Setup

Set your Perplexity API key in the environment before starting OpenClaw: