How do I install the Perplexity Tools skill?

Run npx skillmds@latest add majiayu000/perplexity-tools-3 in your terminal (requires Node.js), paste this page's agent-chat prompt into Claude, Cursor, or any MCP-connected agent, or download the SKILL.md file and copy it into your agent's skills directory.

What does the Perplexity Tools skill do?

Executes Perplexity AI queries via unified Python CLI. Use when conducting web research, asking questions with citations, deep research tasks, reasoning problems, or searching for up-to-date information. It is listed under Research & Search on SkillMD.

Is Perplexity Tools safe to use?

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Which AI agents work with Perplexity Tools?

This skill is tagged as working with Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex. SKILL.md is an open format, so most agents that read a skills directory can load it too.

Is Perplexity Tools free to use?

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Who published Perplexity Tools?

majiayu000 (@majiayu000) published this skill. Their other Agent Skills are listed on their SkillMD profile.

Perplexity Tools by majiayu000 — Agent Skill

Name: Perplexity Tools
Rating: 4.2 (5 reviews)
Author: majiayu000

File contents

[H1][PERPLEXITY-TOOLS]

Dictum: Specialized models optimize response quality.

Execute Perplexity AI queries via unified Python CLI.

[IMPORTANT] Commands require --query. API key auto-injected via 1Password.

# Quick question—citations (sonar)
uv run .claude/skills/perplexity-tools/scripts/perplexity.py ask --query "What is Effect-TS?"

# Deep research (sonar-deep-research)
uv run .claude/skills/perplexity-tools/scripts/perplexity.py research --query "React 19 new features"
uv run .claude/skills/perplexity-tools/scripts/perplexity.py research --query "Vite 7 migration" --strip-thinking

# Reasoning task (sonar-reasoning-pro)
uv run .claude/skills/perplexity-tools/scripts/perplexity.py reason --query "Compare Vite vs Webpack"
uv run .claude/skills/perplexity-tools/scripts/perplexity.py reason --query "Effect vs RxJS" --strip-thinking

# Web search (sonar)
uv run .claude/skills/perplexity-tools/scripts/perplexity.py search --query "Nx 22 Crystal" --max-results 5

[1][OUTPUT]

Commands return: {"status": "success|error", ...}.

[INDEX]	[CMD]	[RESPONSE]
[1]	`ask`	`{query, response, citations[]}`
[2]	`research`	`{query, response, citations[]}`
[3]	`reason`	`{query, response}`
[4]	`search`	`{query, results[]}`

Frequently asked questions

Perplexity Tools