Perplexity Search Skill
v1.0.0Search the web using Perplexity's Search API for ranked, real-time web results with advanced filtering. Use when you need to search for current information, market research, trending topics, or when Brave Search is unavailable. Supports recency filtering (day/week/month/year) and returns structured results with titles, URLs, and snippets.
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LicenseMIT-0 · Free to use, modify, and redistribute. No attribution required.
Security Scan
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high confidencePurpose & Capability
Name/description, required env var (PERPLEXITY_API_KEY), and included Python script all align with a Perplexity Search API wrapper. Minor provenance inconsistency: registry metadata at the top states 'Source: unknown / Homepage: none' while skill.json and README reference a GitHub homepage; this is a documentation/packaging mismatch but not a functional threat.
Instruction Scope
SKILL.md instructs running the bundled Python script and setting PERPLEXITY_API_KEY via OpenClaw config or environment. The runtime instructions and script only access the declared env var and make HTTPS requests to api.perplexity.ai; they do not read other system files or exfiltrate unrelated data.
Install Mechanism
No install spec (instruction-only distribution) and no external downloads; code is bundled in the skill. The script uses only the Python standard library—no external packages or remote installers are invoked.
Credentials
Only PERPLEXITY_API_KEY is required and declared as the primary credential; that is proportional and expected for an API wrapper. The SKILL.md and script only reference that environment variable.
Persistence & Privilege
Skill is not marked always:true and does not request elevated or persistent system privileges. It does not modify other skills' configs; typical agent-invocation settings apply (autonomous invocation is allowed by default).
Assessment
This skill appears to be a straightforward Perplexity Search API wrapper and requests only a single API key. Before installing, verify the skill's source (the metadata had inconsistent homepage info — skill.json points to a GitHub repo), review the included scripts yourself, and confirm the API endpoint (https://api.perplexity.ai/search) matches Perplexity's official docs. Store your PERPLEXITY_API_KEY in your OpenClaw config (or otherwise secure it), monitor API usage/billing after first use, and rotate the key if anything looks suspicious. If you need stronger guarantees, run the script locally first and inspect network calls or host it in a sandboxed environment before enabling agent-autonomous invocation.Like a lobster shell, security has layers — review code before you run it.
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License
MIT-0
Free to use, modify, and redistribute. No attribution required.
Runtime requirements
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EnvPERPLEXITY_API_KEY
Primary envPERPLEXITY_API_KEY