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Deep Search by modbender — Agent Skill

Name: Deep Search
Rating: 4.666666666666667 (3 reviews)
Author: modbender

Deep Search

Multi-tier Perplexity search with Langfuse tracing. Three depth levels: quick (sonar), pro (sonar-pro), deep (sonar-reasoning-pro). Supports focus modes: internet, academic, news, youtube, reddit. Returns AI-synthesized answers with citations. Use for research, comparisons, market analysis, fact-checking. Triggers: search, research, look up, find out, compare, what is, deep search, web research.

modbender Updated Sep 9, 2026 12 repo stars

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Deep Search 🔍

Multi-tier Perplexity-powered search with automatic Langfuse observability tracing.

When to Use

Quick facts and simple lookups → quick tier
Standard research, comparisons, how-to → pro tier
Deep analysis, market research, complex questions → deep tier
Academic paper search, news monitoring, Reddit/YouTube research

Usage

# Quick search (sonar, ~2s)
python3 {baseDir}/scripts/deep_search.py quick "what is OpenClaw"

# Pro search (sonar-pro, ~5-8s)
python3 {baseDir}/scripts/deep_search.py pro "compare Claude vs GPT-4o for coding"

# Deep research (sonar-reasoning-pro, ~10-20s)
python3 {baseDir}/scripts/deep_search.py deep "full market analysis of AI agent frameworks"

# Focus modes
python3 {baseDir}/scripts/deep_search.py pro "query" --focus academic
python3 {baseDir}/scripts/deep_search.py pro "query" --focus news
python3 {baseDir}/scripts/deep_search.py pro "query" --focus youtube
python3 {baseDir}/scripts/deep_search.py pro "query" --focus reddit

Tiers

Tier	Model	Speed	Best For
quick	sonar	~2s	Simple facts, quick lookups
pro	sonar-pro	~5-8s	Research, comparisons
deep	sonar-reasoning-pro	~10-20s	Deep analysis, complex questions

Environment

PERPLEXITY_API_KEY — Required. Perplexity API key.
OPENROUTER_API_KEY — Optional. For Langfuse tracing model pricing.

Credits

Built by M. Abidi | agxntsix.ai YouTube | GitHub Part of the AgxntSix Skill Suite for OpenClaw agents.

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---name: deep-searchdescription: Multi-tier Perplexity search with Langfuse tracing. Three depth levels: quick (sonar), pro (sonar-pro), deep (sonar-reasoning-pro). Supports focus modes: internet, academic, news, youtube, reddit. Returns AI-synthesized answers with citations. Use for research, comparisons, market analysis, fact-checking. Triggers: search, research, look up, find out, compare, what is, deep search, web research.license: MIT--- # Deep Search 🔍 Multi-tier Perplexity-powered search with automatic Langfuse observability tracing. ## When to Use - Quick facts and simple lookups → `quick` tier - Standard research, comparisons, how-to → `pro` tier - Deep analysis, market research, complex questions → `deep` tier - Academic paper search, news monitoring, Reddit/YouTube research ## Usage ```bash # Quick search (sonar, ~2s) python3 {baseDir}/scripts/deep_search.py quick "what is OpenClaw" # Pro search (sonar-pro, ~5-8s) python3 {baseDir}/scripts/deep_search.py pro "compare Claude vs GPT-4o for coding" # Deep research (sonar-reasoning-pro, ~10-20s) python3 {baseDir}/scripts/deep_search.py deep "full market analysis of AI agent frameworks" # Focus modes python3 {baseDir}/scripts/deep_search.py pro "query" --focus academic python3 {baseDir}/scripts/deep_search.py pro "query" --focus news python3 {baseDir}/scripts/deep_search.py pro "query" --focus youtube python3 {baseDir}/scripts/deep_search.py pro "query" --focus reddit ``` ## Tiers | Tier | Model | Speed | Best For | |------|-------|-------|----------| | quick | sonar | ~2s | Simple facts, quick lookups | | pro | sonar-pro | ~5-8s | Research, comparisons | | deep | sonar-reasoning-pro | ~10-20s | Deep analysis, complex questions | ## Environment - `PERPLEXITY_API_KEY` — Required. Perplexity API key. - `OPENROUTER_API_KEY` — Optional. For Langfuse tracing model pricing. ## Credits Built by [M. Abidi](https://www.linkedin.com/in/mohammad-ali-abidi) | [agxntsix.ai](https://www.agxntsix.ai) [YouTube](https://youtube.com/@aiwithabidi) | [GitHub](https://github.com/aiwithabidi) Part of the **AgxntSix Skill Suite** for OpenClaw agents. 📅 **Need help setting up OpenClaw for your business?** [Book a free consultation](https://cal.com/agxntsix/abidi-openclaw)

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