| name | perplexity-research |
| description | Deep Research mode through Perplexity MCP. Use only for broad, important questions where higher cost and longer runtime are acceptable. |
Perplexity Research
Use this skill for Deep Research mode through Perplexity MCP.
Observed billing snapshot after skill tests cost $2.52; most of it came from sonar-deep-research: 478,195 reasoning tokens ($1.43), 117 search queries ($0.59), 67,825 citation tokens ($0.14), and 15,158 output tokens ($0.12).
Rules:
- Use only the
perplexity_research MCP tool from the perplexity server.
- Do not silently replace it with
perplexity_search, perplexity_ask, or perplexity_reason.
- Keep the question focused before running the tool.
- Return a practical summary with the strongest citations.
- Mention that this mode is slower and more expensive than simple search when relevant.