How do I install perplexity?

Run npx skills add softaworks/agent-toolkit. The skills installer reads the repository’s own structure, so it works for any repository of agent skills.

Is perplexity maintained, and what licence does it use?

Its repository has 2,592 GitHub stars and its state in our directory is listed. Its last commit we recorded was on 2026-03-05. The repository declares the MIT licence.

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perplexity

perplexity is an agent skill published by softaworks, listed under research. It lives in the softaworks/agent-toolkit repository, which has 2,592 GitHub stars and is licensed under MIT; we last read it on 2026-09-16.

Performs web searches and research using Perplexity AI. Requires no credentials.

by softaworks · one of 43 skills in softaworks/agent-toolkit →

Install

skills is a generic installer for any repository of Claude agent skills -- it reads softaworks/agent-toolkit’s own structure rather than assuming one, the same way this page reads the skill’s own SKILL.md rather than assuming a format.

npx skills add softaworks/agent-toolkit

What it connects to

Wraps

Perplexity

Unverified means a mention in the skill’s own description, not a citation. A wrong claim here costs nothing to correct and nothing to trust yet.

Maintenance

Stars

2592

State

listed

Licence

MIT

From the repository

Web search and research using Perplexity AI. Use when user says "search", "find", "look up", "ask", "research", or "what's the latest" for generic queries. NOT for library/framework docs (use Context7) or workspace questions.

View on GitHub ↗2026-09-16

perplexity compared with similar skills

perplexity compared with other skills for the same job, by publisher, what it does, repository stars and last update
Skill	Publisher	What it does	Repo stars	Last update
perplexity (this page)	softaworks	Web search and research using Perplexity AI. Use when user says "search", "find", "look up", "ask", "research…	2,592	2026-03-05
gepetto(same repository)	softaworks	Creates detailed, sectionized implementation plans through research, stakeholder interviews, and multi-LLM re…	2,592	2026-03-05
research	mattpocock	Investigate a question against high-trust primary sources and capture the findings as a Markdown file in the…	303,549	2026-10-22
huggingface-paper-publisher	huggingface	Publish and manage research papers on Hugging Face Hub. Supports creating paper pages, linking papers to mode…	11,213	2026-10-23
huggingface-papers	huggingface	Look up and read Hugging Face paper pages in markdown, and use the papers API for structured metadata such as…	11,213	2026-10-23
amazon-alexa-qa	browser-act	Amazon Alexa for Shopping Q&A automation: submits questions to Amazon's Alexa/Rufus AI shopping assistant and…	6,277	2026-08-24
amazon-best-selling-products-finder-api-skill	browser-act	This skill helps users extract structured best-selling product data from Amazon via the BrowserAct API. Agent…	6,277	2026-08-24

Skills from the same repository first, then others for this job by repository stars. Figures are from each repository when we last read it.

Common questions about perplexity

What does perplexity do?: Performs web searches and research using Perplexity AI. Requires no credentials.
How do I install perplexity?: Run npx skills add softaworks/agent-toolkit. The skills installer reads the repository’s own structure, so it works for any repository of agent skills.
Who publishes perplexity?: softaworks.
Is perplexity maintained, and what licence does it use?: Its repository has 2,592 GitHub stars and its state in our directory is listed. Its last commit we recorded was on 2026-03-05. The repository declares the MIT licence.

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