SKILL

Perplexity Pro — Web-grounded research with citations

Use this skill for any task that needs current web data with citations, multi-step reasoning, or comprehensive research reports.

When to use this skill

Trigger on any of these patterns:

• User asks for “current” / “latest” / “today’s” / “recent” data on anything
• User asks “research X” or “find sources on Y”
• Question requires real-time facts (rates, prices, market conditions, news, vendor changes)
• User asks for a “comprehensive” / “detailed” / “deep dive” report → use deep_research mode
• Hard analytical question with multiple steps → use reason mode
• Quick lookup → use ask mode (free, no quota cost)

Four modes

Mode	Cost	Latency	When
ask	Free (no Pro query)	~3-6s	Quick fact lookup
search	1 Pro query	~6-15s	Standard search w/ model choice + sources
reason	1 Pro query	~10-25s	Hard analytical, multi-step
deep_research	1 Pro query	~30-90s	Multi-source agentic, comprehensive report

Smoke test

cd /home/opsadmin/.openclaw/tools/perplexity-cookie-session
set -a && source /home/opsadmin/.openclaw/master.env && set +a
./venv/bin/python3 test_session.py

Invokes / Invoked by

Invokes: SKILL, SKILL Invoked by: _summary, _summary, _summary