Perplexity Search

This is a straightforward wrapper around Perplexity's search models via OpenRouter, so you can get real-time web results with citations without leaving your Claude workflow. You'd reach for it when you need current information beyond the training cutoff, like recent papers, technical updates, or fact-checking with sources. It supports multiple Perplexity models (sonar-pro for general use, sonar-pro-search for complex queries, sonar-reasoning-pro when you need explicit step-by-step analysis). The setup is simple if you already have an OpenRouter key, and the documentation actually shows you how to craft better queries instead of just listing API parameters. Main thing to know is this costs money per query through OpenRouter, so it's not for casual browsing.