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Perplexity WebUI Search

A portable Agent Skill that queries Perplexity through its web UI using Playwright — no API key required.

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Features

Browser Automation

Launches Chromium, navigates Perplexity, submits queries — no API key needed.

Retry Logic

Handles empty clipboard, slow responses, and transient failures with 3 automatic retries.

Markdown Output

Saves answers as clean .md files with clean stdout/stderr separation.

Multi-Agent Ready

Works with OpenCode, Claude Code, and Codex CLI out of the box.

Quick Start

Get up and running in under 60 seconds.

Install 
# Clone and install
cd skills/perplexity-webui-search
npm install
npx playwright install chromium
Search 
npm run search -- "your question" ./result.md
# Opens Chromium, submits to Perplexity,

# copies the answer, saves as Markdown.

Architecture

Project structure at a glance.

tree pplx-web-query 
skills/
  perplexity-webui-search/
    scripts/
      perplexity-core.js         # Core: args, retry, Playwright automation
      perplexity-core.test.mjs   # Unit tests
      perplexity-query.js        # CLI entry point
    references/
      install-opencode.md
      install-codex.md
      install-claude.md
      troubleshooting.md
    LICENSE
    README.md
    SKILL.md
    package.json
docs/
  assets/
    logo.png
  index.html
.gitignore
LICENSE
README.md
README.fr.md