| name | researching-web |
| description | Search the web using Perplexity AI. Use when needing to search, look up, research, find current information, best practices, compare technologies, or answer factual questions about tools and libraries. |
| allowed-tools | Read, Grep, Glob, mcp__perplexity-ask__perplexity_ask |
Web Research with Perplexity
Use mcp__perplexity-ask__perplexity_ask for web search.
When to Use
- Best practices and recommendations
- Current information (releases, news)
- Comparisons between technologies
- Factual questions about tools/libraries
Usage
{
"messages": [{ "role": "user", "content": "Your research question" }]
}
Tips
- Be specific: "Go error handling best practices 2024"
- Include context: "Redis vs Memcached for session storage"
- Ask comparisons: "Pros and cons of gRPC vs REST"