perplexity

name	perplexity
description	Web search and research using Perplexity AI. Use when user says "search", "find", "look up", "ask", "research", or "what's the latest" for generic queries. NOT for library/framework docs (use Context7) or workspace questions.

Perplexity Tools

Use ONLY when user says "search", "find", "look up", "ask", "research", or "what's the latest" for generic queries. NOT for library/framework docs (use Context7), gt CLI (use Graphite MCP), or workspace questions (use Nx MCP).

Quick Reference

Which Perplexity tool?

• Need search results/URLs? → Perplexity Search
• Need conversational answer? → Perplexity Ask
• Need deep research? → Researcher agent (/research <topic>)

NOT Perplexity - use these instead:

• Library/framework docs → Context7 MCP
• Graphite gt CLI → Graphite MCP
• THIS workspace → Nx MCP
• Specific URL → URL Crawler

Perplexity Search

When to use:

• Generic searches, finding resources
• Current best practices, recent information
• Tutorial/blog post discovery
• User says "search for...", "find...", "look up..."

Default parameters (ALWAYS USE):

mcp__perplexity__perplexity_search({
  query: "your search query",
  max_results: 3,           // Default is 10 - too many!
  :   
})