perplexity-research

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.