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name: perplexity-query-optimizer
description: "Turn a half-formed question into a Perplexity search that comes back sourced. Use when the user wants help with Perplexity Query Optimizer. Related topics: AI, Research, Search."
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# Perplexity Query Optimizer

Turn a half-formed question into a Perplexity search that comes back sourced.

## How to use this skill

1. Ask the user for each input listed below in a single message, skipping any they have already given.
2. Where options are listed, offer them, but accept other answers too.
3. Fill the answers into the prompt template, then follow the completed prompt to produce the result.

## Inputs

- **What I'm trying to find out** (longer free text)

## Prompt template

Turn my rough question into a Perplexity search that comes back with real sources.

{{What I'm trying to find out}}

Rewrite it as a focused query, tell me which Focus mode fits, and give me two follow-up questions to ask once the first answer lands so I drill in instead of starting over.

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Source: [Perplexity Query Optimizer on PromptBuild](https://promptbuild.io/prompt/bG4B6Nz1nmX7T2bzcp99/perplexity-query-optimizer)