Perplexity Sonar via Openrouter in CLI

Local OpenRouter Sonar web search CLI using the user's OpenRouter API key. Use when you want OpenRouter-backed web search or cited research from a local command like `sonar "query" --model sonar-pro`, plus utilities like `sonar models`, `sonar research`, and file output options.

OpenRouter Sonar

This skill provides a local sonar CLI backed by OpenRouter Sonar models with web search enabled.

Commands

Search

sonar "latest OpenRouter Sonar features"
sonar "best document AI underwriting startups" --model sonar-pro
sonar "credit underwriting agents" --model sonar-reasoning-pro
sonar "latest underwriting automation startups" --format md --output notes.md
sonar "OpenRouter Sonar pricing" --format json --output sonar.json

Default model:

• sonar

Supported short model names:

• sonar
• sonar-pro
• sonar-pro-search
• sonar-reasoning
• sonar-reasoning-pro
• sonar-deep-research

These map internally to:

• perplexity/sonar
• perplexity/sonar-pro
• perplexity/sonar-pro-search
• perplexity/sonar-reasoning
• perplexity/sonar-reasoning-pro
• perplexity/sonar-deep-research

Models

sonar models

Shortcuts

sonar pro "latest OpenRouter Sonar features"
sonar pro-search "best cited search workflow for agents"
sonar deep "compare OpenRouter Sonar vs Tavily for research"
sonar reason "reason through the strongest arguments for and against RAG here"
sonar reason-pro "compare three underwriting architectures and justify the best one"

Research

sonar research "Compare Tavily, Exa, and Sonar for cited research workflows"
sonar research "Latest UK AI policy changes" --format md --output policy.md

Default model for research:

• sonar-deep-research

Output

Use --output to write to a file and --format to choose the file type.

Supported formats:

• text
• txt
• md
• json

Environment

Required:

• OPENROUTER_API_KEY

Optional:

• OPENROUTER_SONAR_MODEL using short form, for example sonar or sonar-pro
• OPENROUTER_REFERER
• OPENROUTER_TITLE

Notes

• This is intentionally local, not MCP.
• It uses OpenRouter chat completions with web search enabled.
• Short model names are preferred, but full perplexity/... names still work.