| name | research |
| description | Search for academic papers, references, and methodology literature using Perplexity MCP |
| user_invocable | true |
Research Skill
Search for academic papers and references using the Perplexity MCP server.
Examples
/research corporate bond measurement error bias -- broad literature search
/research Blume Stambaugh 1983 -- find a specific paper
/research recent working papers on [topic] -- recent work
/research Smith Jones 2023 bibtex -- search and generate BibTeX
Tool Selection
- Use
perplexity_research for broad literature surveys
- Use
perplexity_search for specific paper/author lookups
- Use
perplexity_ask for quick methodology questions
- Use
perplexity_reason for analytical comparisons
Workflow
- Parse the user's query from $ARGUMENTS
- Choose the appropriate Perplexity tool based on query type
- Execute the search
- Format results:
- Title, Authors, Year, Journal/Venue
- DOI or URL when available
- Brief summary of relevance to the current project (check
guidance/paper-context.md for themes)
- Verify each paper (MANDATORY before any BibTeX generation):
- Run a second
perplexity_search with the EXACT title in quotes
- Confirm: all author names, year, journal, volume/pages if published
- Check if paper already exists in the .bib file
- If any detail cannot be confirmed, mark as UNVERIFIED
- CRITICAL: For each field, only report what Perplexity explicitly returns.
If search results confirm authors + title but DO NOT mention a journal,
write "Journal: UNCONFIRMED" -- NEVER fill from training data.
- If "bibtex" is in the query, generate verified BibTeX entries and offer to append to .bib
- Note which of the project's themes each result relates to (check
guidance/paper-context.md if available)
Output Format
**Title** (Year)
Authors: ...
Journal: ...
DOI/URL: ...
Status: VERIFIED / UNVERIFIED / PARTIAL
Relevance: [brief note on relation to the current project]