perplexity

name	perplexity
description	Ask Perplexity a question by driving Channing's logged-in Chrome session, and report its answer. Use when the user says "ask Perplexity", "what does Perplexity say", "run this past Perplexity", or wants a Perplexity-sourced answer or second opinion. Avoids the paid Perplexity MCP server.

Perplexity via browser

Ask perplexity.ai questions through the browser instead of the paid MCP server.

Prerequisites

Use the claude-in-chrome tools — they drive Channing's own Chrome, where he is already logged into Perplexity. Do not use agent-browser or WebFetch: they have no session and will hit the logged-out page.

Asking

1. tabs_context_mcp, then tabs_create_mcp for a fresh tab.
2. navigate to https://www.perplexity.ai/search/new?q=<url-encoded question>. The /search/new path auto-submits — no clicking needed. The URL rewrites to /search/<uuid> once the thread exists.
3. wait ~8s, then get_page_text.
4. If the answer is still streaming, wait and re-read. It is complete when a Follow-ups block and a trailing Sources / N block appear; a final paragraph that stops mid-sentence means it is still generating.

Follow-ups

Stay in the same tab to keep thread context:

1. read_page with filter: interactive → find the bare textbox near the bottom (the "Ask a follow-up" box, just above the Submit button).
2. left_click its ref, type the question, key: Return.
3. Wait and get_page_text as above.

get_page_text returns the whole thread every time, so extract only the text after the last question — don't re-report earlier answers.

Reporting back

Attribute the answer to Perplexity and keep it distinct from your own knowledge; if you disagree with it, say so separately rather than silently correcting it.

Citations come through as bare source names (britannica, +2) with no URLs. If Channing needs the actual links, click the Links tab (tablist "Answer mode tabs") or pull the hrefs from read_page.