perplexity-search

Perform AI-powered web searches with real-time information using Perplexity models via LiteLLM and OpenRouter. This skill should be used when conducting web searches for current information, finding recent scientific literature, getting grounded answers with source citations, or accessing information beyond the model knowledge cutoff. Provides access to multiple Perplexity models including Sonar Pro, Sonar Pro Search (advanced agentic search), and Sonar Reasoning Pro through a single OpenRouter API key.

2.11x

Quality

75%

Does it follow best practices?

Impact

95%

2.11x

Average score across 3 eval scenarios

Securityby

Advisory

Suggest reviewing before use

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Evaluation results

96%

81%

Biomedical Research Query Tool

Model selection by query complexity

Criteria

Without context

With context

LiteLLM install command

100%

API key env var name

100%

No hardcoded API key

100%

50%

Model ID format

100%

Synthesis uses sonar-pro-search

100%

Mechanism uses sonar-reasoning-pro

100%

Lookup uses sonar

100%

Default temperature 0.2

100%

Default max_tokens 4000

100%

JSON output saved

100%

requirements_note.txt present

100%

92%

33%

Search Query Playbook for Drug Discovery Research

Query design and structure for research

Criteria

Without context

With context

Time constraints in queries

40%

100%

Source quality specification

40%

100%

Specific vs vague queries

100%

Desired output format in queries

62%

100%

sonar-pro as default model

100%

sonar-pro-search for comparative analysis

100%

sonar-reasoning-pro for mechanisms

100%

sonar for simple lookups

100%

Calculations excluded

100%

Code execution excluded

25%

query_playbook.md produced

100%

98%

36%

Automated Weekly Competitive Intelligence Pipeline

Batch search automation with rate limiting

Criteria

Without context

With context

Uses search_with_perplexity function

83%

Sleep delay between requests

100%

uv pip install in setup

100%

OPENROUTER_API_KEY env var

100%

No hardcoded credentials

100%

Correct model ID format

100%

Default model sonar-pro

100%

Results saved as JSON

100%

Token usage in saved results

100%

topics_config.json produced

100%

Config-driven topic list

100%

Repository: K-Dense-AI/claude-scientific-skills
Commit: b58ad7e

Evaluated: 27 days ago
Agent: Claude Code
Model: Claude Sonnet 4.6

Table of Contents

Biomedical Research Query Tool Search Query Playbook for Drug Discovery Research Automated Weekly Competitive Intelligence Pipeline

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