perplexity
Web search and research using Perplexity AI
Install / Use
npx skills add softaworks/agent-toolkit --skill perplexityInstalls into whichever agent you are using.
SKILL.md
Installable skill definition
Quality Score
Category
Education & ResearchSupported Platforms
Our assessment of perplexity
perplexity scores 75/100 on our quality scale, 252nd of 291 Education & Research skills we index.
We have not analysed the SKILL.md file itself yet, so the content part of this score is an estimate until our crawler reaches it.
With 2,502 GitHub stars, it is one of the more widely adopted skills in the catalogue.
Maintenance, license and trust
- The repository was last updated about 7 months ago. That is recent enough to be usable, but agent tooling moves fast, so check the instructions against your agent's current version.
- It is released under the MIT license, a permissive license that allows use, modification and commercial use with attribution.
- Its trust signals score 94/100, with 1 caution from licensing, adoption, age or documentation. These come from repository metadata, not a code audit — read the skill file before letting an agent act on it.
perplexity compared with similar skills
All 4 of these similar skills score higher than perplexity; compare them before choosing.
| Skill | Score | Stars | Updated | Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| perplexity (this skill)by softaworks | 75 | 2.5k | 7mo ago | SKILL.md |
| Agent-Reachby Panniantong | 100 | 86.0k | 13d ago | CLAUDE.md |
| headroomby headroomlabs-ai | 100 | 74.0k | today | CLAUDE.md |
| rufloby ruvnet | 100 | 73.4k | today | CLAUDE.md |
| last30days-skillby mvanhorn | 100 | 63.1k | 1d ago | CLAUDE.md |
Frequently asked questions
- How do I install perplexity?
- Run
npx skills add softaworks/agent-toolkit --skill perplexity. The install tabs above show the steps for each supported agent. - Which AI agents does perplexity work with?
- It is written for Universal, as a SKILL.md file. Other agents that read the same format can often use it too.
- Is perplexity safe to use?
- It is MIT-licensed and scores 94/100 on trust signals. Skills are instructions an agent will follow, so read the file before installing it and do not approve commands you do not understand.
- Is perplexity still maintained?
- The repository was last updated about 7 months ago. That is recent enough to be usable, but agent tooling moves fast, so check the instructions against your agent's current version.
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Languages
Trust signals
From repository metadata: license, adoption, age and documentation. Not a code audit — see the Safety scan above for what the skill file itself contains.
