perplexity_search.py DOX

Purpose

• Own the perplexity_search.py helper module.
• This module queries Perplexity search using configured model/provider credentials.
• Keep this file-level DOX profile synchronized with perplexity_search.py because this directory is intentionally flat.

Ownership

• perplexity_search.py owns the runtime implementation.
• perplexity_search.py.dox.md owns durable notes about responsibilities, contracts, side effects, and verification for that implementation.
• Top-level functions:
• perplexity_search(query: str, model_name=..., api_key=..., base_url=...)

Runtime Contracts

• Helper modules own reusable framework APIs and must preserve public callers unless all callers, tests, and docs are updated together.
• Update this file whenever public functions, classes, persistence behavior, path/security assumptions, side effects, or cross-module contracts change.
• Observed side-effect areas: secret handling.
• Imported dependency areas include: models, openai.

Key Concepts

• Important called helpers/classes observed in the source: OpenAI, client.chat.completions.create, models.get_api_key.
• Keep request/response, tool, or helper semantics documented here at the same time as source changes.

Work Guidance

• Preserve public helper APIs used by core code and plugins unless every caller is updated.
• Keep path, auth, secret, persistence, network, and subprocess behavior explicit and bounded.
• Prefer adding cohesive helper functions here only when behavior is reused across modules.

Verification

• Run targeted tests for changed helper behavior; run security regressions for auth, filesystem, WebSocket, tunnel, upload, or secret-handling helpers.
• No direct test reference was found by name search; choose the nearest behavioral test or perform a focused smoke check.

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