Vendor OpenClaw source as Adolf fork baseline

Adolf is a fork/vendored clone of github.com/openclaw/openclaw (v2026.6.11),
free to diverge. Tree copied sans upstream .git; upstream remote added for
future syncs. Node pinned to 24 (.nvmrc); engines already require >=22.19.
Preserves docs/ARCHITECTURE.md.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01LeqyaxJF2nbRXJtae2kNB2

extensions/perplexity/README.md

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+# OpenClaw Perplexity Plugin
+
+Official OpenClaw plugin for Perplexity.
+
+Install from OpenClaw:
+
+```bash
+openclaw plugins install @openclaw/perplexity-plugin
+openclaw gateway restart
+```
+
+See <https://docs.openclaw.ai/tools/perplexity-search> for setup and configuration.

extensions/perplexity/index.ts

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+// Perplexity plugin entrypoint registers its OpenClaw integration.
+import { definePluginEntry } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/plugin-entry";
+import { createPerplexityWebSearchProvider } from "./src/perplexity-web-search-provider.js";
+
+export default definePluginEntry({
+  id: "perplexity",
+  name: "Perplexity Plugin",
+  description: "Bundled Perplexity plugin",
+  register(api) {
+    api.registerWebSearchProvider(createPerplexityWebSearchProvider());
+  },
+});

extensions/perplexity/npm-shrinkwrap.json

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+{
+  "name": "@openclaw/perplexity-plugin",
+  "version": "2026.6.11",
+  "lockfileVersion": 3,
+  "requires": true,
+  "packages": {
+    "": {
+      "name": "@openclaw/perplexity-plugin",
+      "version": "2026.6.11"
+    }
+  }
+}

extensions/perplexity/openclaw.plugin.json

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+{
+  "id": "perplexity",
+  "icon": "https://cdn.simpleicons.org/perplexity",
+  "activation": {
+    "onStartup": false
+  },
+  "setup": {
+    "providers": [
+      {
+        "id": "perplexity",
+        "envVars": ["PERPLEXITY_API_KEY", "OPENROUTER_API_KEY"]
+      }
+    ]
+  },
+  "uiHints": {
+    "webSearch.apiKey": {
+      "label": "Perplexity API Key",
+      "help": "Perplexity or OpenRouter API key for web search.",
+      "sensitive": true,
+      "placeholder": "pplx-..."
+    },
+    "webSearch.baseUrl": {
+      "label": "Perplexity Base URL",
+      "help": "Optional Perplexity/OpenRouter chat-completions base URL override."
+    },
+    "webSearch.model": {
+      "label": "Perplexity Model",
+      "help": "Optional Sonar/OpenRouter model override."
+    }
+  },
+  "contracts": {
+    "webSearchProviders": ["perplexity"]
+  },
+  "configContracts": {
+    "compatibilityRuntimePaths": ["tools.web.search.apiKey"]
+  },
+  "configSchema": {
+    "type": "object",
+    "additionalProperties": false,
+    "properties": {
+      "webSearch": {
+        "type": "object",
+        "additionalProperties": false,
+        "properties": {
+          "apiKey": {
+            "type": ["string", "object"]
+          },
+          "baseUrl": {
+            "type": "string"
+          },
+          "model": {
+            "type": "string"
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}

extensions/perplexity/package.json

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+{
+  "name": "@openclaw/perplexity-plugin",
+  "version": "2026.6.11",
+  "description": "OpenClaw Perplexity plugin.",
+  "repository": {
+    "type": "git",
+    "url": "https://github.com/openclaw/openclaw"
+  },
+  "type": "module",
+  "devDependencies": {
+    "@openclaw/plugin-sdk": "workspace:*"
+  },
+  "openclaw": {
+    "extensions": [
+      "./index.ts"
+    ],
+    "install": {
+      "clawhubSpec": "clawhub:@openclaw/perplexity-plugin",
+      "npmSpec": "@openclaw/perplexity-plugin",
+      "defaultChoice": "npm",
+      "minHostVersion": ">=2026.6.8"
+    },
+    "compat": {
+      "pluginApi": ">=2026.6.11"
+    },
+    "build": {
+      "openclawVersion": "2026.6.11",
+      "bundledDist": false
+    },
+    "release": {
+      "publishToClawHub": true,
+      "publishToNpm": true
+    }
+  }
+}

extensions/perplexity/src/perplexity-web-search-provider.runtime.ts

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+import { readProviderJsonResponse } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/provider-http";
+// Perplexity provider module implements model/runtime integration.
+import {
+  readPositiveIntegerParam,
+  readStringArrayParam,
+  readStringParam,
+} from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/provider-web-search";
+import {
+  buildSearchCacheKey,
+  DEFAULT_SEARCH_COUNT,
+  isoToPerplexityDate,
+  MAX_SEARCH_COUNT,
+  normalizeFreshness,
+  normalizeToIsoDate,
+  readCachedSearchPayload,
+  readConfiguredSecretString,
+  readProviderEnvValue,
+  resolveSearchCacheTtlMs,
+  resolveSearchCount,
+  resolveSearchTimeoutSeconds,
+  resolveSiteName,
+  throwWebSearchApiError,
+  type SearchConfigRecord,
+  withTrustedWebSearchEndpoint,
+  wrapWebContent,
+  writeCachedSearchPayload,
+} from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/provider-web-search";
+import { normalizeOptionalString, uniqueStrings } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/string-coerce-runtime";
+import {
+  DEFAULT_PERPLEXITY_BASE_URL,
+  inferPerplexityBaseUrlFromApiKey,
+  isDirectPerplexityBaseUrl,
+  PERPLEXITY_DIRECT_BASE_URL,
+  type PerplexityTransport,
+} from "./perplexity-web-search-provider.shared.js";
+
+const PERPLEXITY_SEARCH_ENDPOINT = "https://api.perplexity.ai/search";
+const DEFAULT_PERPLEXITY_MODEL = "perplexity/sonar-pro";
+
+type PerplexityConfig = {
+  apiKey?: string;
+  baseUrl?: string;
+  model?: string;
+};
+
+type PerplexitySearchResponse = {
+  choices?: Array<{
+    message?: {
+      content?: string;
+      annotations?: Array<{
+        type?: string;
+        url?: string;
+        url_citation?: {
+          url?: string;
+        };
+      }>;
+    };
+  }>;
+  citations?: string[];
+};
+
+type PerplexitySearchApiResponse = {
+  results?: Array<{
+    title?: string;
+    url?: string;
+    snippet?: string;
+    date?: string;
+  }>;
+};
+
+function resolvePerplexityConfig(searchConfig?: SearchConfigRecord): PerplexityConfig {
+  const perplexity = searchConfig?.perplexity;
+  return perplexity && typeof perplexity === "object" && !Array.isArray(perplexity)
+    ? (perplexity as PerplexityConfig)
+    : {};
+}
+
+function resolvePerplexityApiKey(perplexity?: PerplexityConfig): {
+  apiKey?: string;
+  source: "config" | "perplexity_env" | "openrouter_env" | "none";
+} {
+  const fromConfig = readConfiguredSecretString(
+    perplexity?.apiKey,
+    "tools.web.search.perplexity.apiKey",
+  );
+  if (fromConfig) {
+    return { apiKey: fromConfig, source: "config" };
+  }
+  const fromPerplexityEnv = readProviderEnvValue(["PERPLEXITY_API_KEY"]);
+  if (fromPerplexityEnv) {
+    return { apiKey: fromPerplexityEnv, source: "perplexity_env" };
+  }
+  const fromOpenRouterEnv = readProviderEnvValue(["OPENROUTER_API_KEY"]);
+  if (fromOpenRouterEnv) {
+    return { apiKey: fromOpenRouterEnv, source: "openrouter_env" };
+  }
+  return { apiKey: undefined, source: "none" };
+}
+
+function resolvePerplexityBaseUrl(
+  perplexity?: PerplexityConfig,
+  authSource: "config" | "perplexity_env" | "openrouter_env" | "none" = "none",
+  configuredKey?: string,
+): string {
+  const fromConfig = normalizeOptionalString(perplexity?.baseUrl) ?? "";
+  if (fromConfig) {
+    return fromConfig;
+  }
+  if (authSource === "perplexity_env") {
+    return PERPLEXITY_DIRECT_BASE_URL;
+  }
+  if (authSource === "openrouter_env") {
+    return DEFAULT_PERPLEXITY_BASE_URL;
+  }
+  if (authSource === "config") {
+    return inferPerplexityBaseUrlFromApiKey(configuredKey) === "openrouter"
+      ? DEFAULT_PERPLEXITY_BASE_URL
+      : PERPLEXITY_DIRECT_BASE_URL;
+  }
+  return DEFAULT_PERPLEXITY_BASE_URL;
+}
+
+function resolvePerplexityModel(perplexity?: PerplexityConfig): string {
+  const model = normalizeOptionalString(perplexity?.model) ?? "";
+  return model || DEFAULT_PERPLEXITY_MODEL;
+}
+
+function resolvePerplexityRequestModel(baseUrl: string, model: string): string {
+  if (!isDirectPerplexityBaseUrl(baseUrl)) {
+    return model;
+  }
+  return model.startsWith("perplexity/") ? model.slice("perplexity/".length) : model;
+}
+
+function buildPerplexityRequestHeaders(apiKey: string, acceptJson = false): Record<string, string> {
+  return {
+    "Content-Type": "application/json",
+    ...(acceptJson ? { Accept: "application/json" } : {}),
+    Authorization: `Bearer ${apiKey}`,
+    "HTTP-Referer": "https://openclaw.ai",
+    "X-Title": "OpenClaw Web Search",
+  };
+}
+
+async function readPerplexityJsonResponse<T>(response: Response, label: string): Promise<T> {
+  return await readProviderJsonResponse<T>(response, label);
+}
+
+function resolvePerplexityTransport(perplexity?: PerplexityConfig): {
+  apiKey?: string;
+  source: "config" | "perplexity_env" | "openrouter_env" | "none";
+  baseUrl: string;
+  model: string;
+  transport: PerplexityTransport;
+} {
+  const auth = resolvePerplexityApiKey(perplexity);
+  const baseUrl = resolvePerplexityBaseUrl(perplexity, auth.source, auth.apiKey);
+  const model = resolvePerplexityModel(perplexity);
+  const hasLegacyOverride = Boolean(
+    normalizeOptionalString(perplexity?.baseUrl) || normalizeOptionalString(perplexity?.model),
+  );
+  return {
+    ...auth,
+    baseUrl,
+    model,
+    transport:
+      hasLegacyOverride || !isDirectPerplexityBaseUrl(baseUrl) ? "chat_completions" : "search_api",
+  };
+}
+
+function extractPerplexityCitations(data: PerplexitySearchResponse): string[] {
+  const topLevel = (data.citations ?? []).filter((url): url is string =>
+    Boolean(normalizeOptionalString(url)),
+  );
+  if (topLevel.length > 0) {
+    return uniqueStrings(topLevel);
+  }
+  const citations: string[] = [];
+  for (const choice of data.choices ?? []) {
+    for (const annotation of choice.message?.annotations ?? []) {
+      if (annotation.type !== "url_citation") {
+        continue;
+      }
+      const url =
+        typeof annotation.url_citation?.url === "string"
+          ? annotation.url_citation.url
+          : typeof annotation.url === "string"
+            ? annotation.url
+            : undefined;
+      const normalizedUrl = normalizeOptionalString(url);
+      if (normalizedUrl) {
+        citations.push(normalizedUrl);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  return uniqueStrings(citations);
+}
+
+async function runPerplexitySearchApi(params: {
+  query: string;
+  apiKey: string;
+  count: number;
+  timeoutSeconds: number;
+  country?: string;
+  searchDomainFilter?: string[];
+  searchRecencyFilter?: string;
+  searchLanguageFilter?: string[];
+  searchAfterDate?: string;
+  searchBeforeDate?: string;
+  maxTokens?: number;
+  maxTokensPerPage?: number;
+}): Promise<Array<Record<string, unknown>>> {
+  const body: Record<string, unknown> = {
+    query: params.query,
+    max_results: params.count,
+  };
+  if (params.country) {
+    body.country = params.country;
+  }
+  if (params.searchDomainFilter?.length) {
+    body.search_domain_filter = params.searchDomainFilter;
+  }
+  if (params.searchRecencyFilter) {
+    body.search_recency_filter = params.searchRecencyFilter;
+  }
+  if (params.searchLanguageFilter?.length) {
+    body.search_language_filter = params.searchLanguageFilter;
+  }
+  if (params.searchAfterDate) {
+    body.search_after_date = params.searchAfterDate;
+  }
+  if (params.searchBeforeDate) {
+    body.search_before_date = params.searchBeforeDate;
+  }
+  if (params.maxTokens !== undefined) {
+    body.max_tokens = params.maxTokens;
+  }
+  if (params.maxTokensPerPage !== undefined) {
+    body.max_tokens_per_page = params.maxTokensPerPage;
+  }
+
+  return withTrustedWebSearchEndpoint(
+    {
+      url: PERPLEXITY_SEARCH_ENDPOINT,
+      timeoutSeconds: params.timeoutSeconds,
+      init: {
+        method: "POST",
+        headers: buildPerplexityRequestHeaders(params.apiKey, true),
+        body: JSON.stringify(body),
+      },
+    },
+    async (res) => {
+      if (!res.ok) {
+        return await throwWebSearchApiError(res, "Perplexity Search");
+      }
+      const data = await readPerplexityJsonResponse<PerplexitySearchApiResponse>(
+        res,
+        "Perplexity Search",
+      );
+      return (data.results ?? []).map((entry) => ({
+        title: entry.title ? wrapWebContent(entry.title, "web_search") : "",
+        url: entry.url ?? "",
+        description: entry.snippet ? wrapWebContent(entry.snippet, "web_search") : "",
+        published: entry.date ?? undefined,
+        siteName: resolveSiteName(entry.url) || undefined,
+      }));
+    },
+  );
+}
+
+async function runPerplexitySearch(params: {
+  query: string;
+  apiKey: string;
+  baseUrl: string;
+  model: string;
+  timeoutSeconds: number;
+  freshness?: string;
+}): Promise<{ content: string; citations: string[] }> {
+  const endpoint = `${params.baseUrl.trim().replace(/\/$/, "")}/chat/completions`;
+  const body: Record<string, unknown> = {
+    model: resolvePerplexityRequestModel(params.baseUrl, params.model),
+    messages: [{ role: "user", content: params.query }],
+  };
+  if (params.freshness) {
+    body.search_recency_filter = params.freshness;
+  }
+
+  return withTrustedWebSearchEndpoint(
+    {
+      url: endpoint,
+      timeoutSeconds: params.timeoutSeconds,
+      init: {
+        method: "POST",
+        headers: buildPerplexityRequestHeaders(params.apiKey),
+        body: JSON.stringify(body),
+      },
+    },
+    async (res) => {
+      if (!res.ok) {
+        return await throwWebSearchApiError(res, "Perplexity");
+      }
+      const data = await readPerplexityJsonResponse<PerplexitySearchResponse>(res, "Perplexity");
+      return {
+        content: data.choices?.[0]?.message?.content ?? "No response",
+        citations: extractPerplexityCitations(data),
+      };
+    },
+  );
+}
+
+export async function executePerplexitySearch(
+  args: Record<string, unknown>,
+  searchConfig?: SearchConfigRecord,
+): Promise<Record<string, unknown>> {
+  const perplexityConfig = resolvePerplexityConfig(searchConfig);
+  const runtime = resolvePerplexityTransport(perplexityConfig);
+  if (!runtime.apiKey) {
+    return {
+      error: "missing_perplexity_api_key",
+      message:
+        "web_search (perplexity) needs an API key. Set PERPLEXITY_API_KEY or OPENROUTER_API_KEY in the Gateway environment, or configure tools.web.search.perplexity.apiKey. If you do not want to configure a search API key, use web_fetch for a specific URL or the browser tool for interactive pages.",
+      docs: "https://docs.openclaw.ai/tools/web",
+    };
+  }
+
+  const query = readStringParam(args, "query", { required: true });
+  const count =
+    readPositiveIntegerParam(args, "count", {
+      max: MAX_SEARCH_COUNT,
+      message: `count must be an integer from 1 to ${MAX_SEARCH_COUNT}.`,
+    }) ??
+    searchConfig?.maxResults ??
+    undefined;
+  const rawFreshness = readStringParam(args, "freshness");
+  const freshness = rawFreshness ? normalizeFreshness(rawFreshness, "perplexity") : undefined;
+  if (rawFreshness && !freshness) {
+    return {
+      error: "invalid_freshness",
+      message: "freshness must be day, week, month, or year.",
+      docs: "https://docs.openclaw.ai/tools/web",
+    };
+  }
+
+  const structured = runtime.transport === "search_api";
+  const country = readStringParam(args, "country");
+  const language = readStringParam(args, "language");
+  const rawDateAfter = readStringParam(args, "date_after");
+  const rawDateBefore = readStringParam(args, "date_before");
+  const domainFilter = readStringArrayParam(args, "domain_filter");
+  const maxTokens = readPositiveIntegerParam(args, "max_tokens", {
+    max: 1_000_000,
+    message: "max_tokens must be a positive integer.",
+  });
+  const maxTokensPerPage = readPositiveIntegerParam(args, "max_tokens_per_page", {
+    message: "max_tokens_per_page must be a positive integer.",
+  });
+
+  if (!structured) {
+    if (country) {
+      return {
+        error: "unsupported_country",
+        message:
+          "country filtering is only supported by the native Perplexity Search API path. Remove Perplexity baseUrl/model overrides or use a direct PERPLEXITY_API_KEY to enable it.",
+        docs: "https://docs.openclaw.ai/tools/web",
+      };
+    }
+    if (language) {
+      return {
+        error: "unsupported_language",
+        message:
+          "language filtering is only supported by the native Perplexity Search API path. Remove Perplexity baseUrl/model overrides or use a direct PERPLEXITY_API_KEY to enable it.",
+        docs: "https://docs.openclaw.ai/tools/web",
+      };
+    }
+    if (rawDateAfter || rawDateBefore) {
+      return {
+        error: "unsupported_date_filter",
+        message:
+          "date_after/date_before are only supported by the native Perplexity Search API path. Remove Perplexity baseUrl/model overrides or use a direct PERPLEXITY_API_KEY to enable them.",
+        docs: "https://docs.openclaw.ai/tools/web",
+      };
+    }
+    if (domainFilter?.length) {
+      return {
+        error: "unsupported_domain_filter",
+        message:
+          "domain_filter is only supported by the native Perplexity Search API path. Remove Perplexity baseUrl/model overrides or use a direct PERPLEXITY_API_KEY to enable it.",
+        docs: "https://docs.openclaw.ai/tools/web",
+      };
+    }
+    if (maxTokens !== undefined || maxTokensPerPage !== undefined) {
+      return {
+        error: "unsupported_content_budget",
+        message:
+          "max_tokens and max_tokens_per_page are only supported by the native Perplexity Search API path. Remove Perplexity baseUrl/model overrides or use a direct PERPLEXITY_API_KEY to enable them.",
+        docs: "https://docs.openclaw.ai/tools/web",
+      };
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (language && !/^[a-z]{2}$/iu.test(language)) {
+    return {
+      error: "invalid_language",
+      message: "language must be a 2-letter ISO 639-1 code like 'en', 'de', or 'fr'.",
+      docs: "https://docs.openclaw.ai/tools/web",
+    };
+  }
+  if (rawFreshness && (rawDateAfter || rawDateBefore)) {
+    return {
+      error: "conflicting_time_filters",
+      message:
+        "freshness and date_after/date_before cannot be used together. Use either freshness (day/week/month/year) or a date range (date_after/date_before), not both.",
+      docs: "https://docs.openclaw.ai/tools/web",
+    };
+  }
+  const dateAfter = rawDateAfter ? normalizeToIsoDate(rawDateAfter) : undefined;
+  const dateBefore = rawDateBefore ? normalizeToIsoDate(rawDateBefore) : undefined;
+  if (rawDateAfter && !dateAfter) {
+    return {
+      error: "invalid_date",
+      message: "date_after must be YYYY-MM-DD format.",
+      docs: "https://docs.openclaw.ai/tools/web",
+    };
+  }
+  if (rawDateBefore && !dateBefore) {
+    return {
+      error: "invalid_date",
+      message: "date_before must be YYYY-MM-DD format.",
+      docs: "https://docs.openclaw.ai/tools/web",
+    };
+  }
+  if (dateAfter && dateBefore && dateAfter > dateBefore) {
+    return {
+      error: "invalid_date_range",
+      message: "date_after must be before date_before.",
+      docs: "https://docs.openclaw.ai/tools/web",
+    };
+  }
+  if (domainFilter?.length) {
+    const hasDeny = domainFilter.some((entry) => entry.startsWith("-"));
+    const hasAllow = domainFilter.some((entry) => !entry.startsWith("-"));
+    if (hasDeny && hasAllow) {
+      return {
+        error: "invalid_domain_filter",
+        message:
+          "domain_filter cannot mix allowlist and denylist entries. Use either all positive entries (allowlist) or all entries prefixed with '-' (denylist).",
+        docs: "https://docs.openclaw.ai/tools/web",
+      };
+    }
+    if (domainFilter.length > 20) {
+      return {
+        error: "invalid_domain_filter",
+        message: "domain_filter supports a maximum of 20 domains.",
+        docs: "https://docs.openclaw.ai/tools/web",
+      };
+    }
+  }
+
+  const cacheKey = buildSearchCacheKey([
+    "perplexity",
+    runtime.transport,
+    runtime.baseUrl,
+    runtime.model,
+    query,
+    resolveSearchCount(count, DEFAULT_SEARCH_COUNT),
+    country,
+    language,
+    freshness,
+    dateAfter,
+    dateBefore,
+    domainFilter?.join(","),
+    maxTokens,
+    maxTokensPerPage,
+  ]);
+  const cached = readCachedSearchPayload(cacheKey);
+  if (cached) {
+    return cached;
+  }
+
+  const start = Date.now();
+  const timeoutSeconds = resolveSearchTimeoutSeconds(searchConfig);
+  const payload =
+    runtime.transport === "chat_completions"
+      ? {
+          query,
+          provider: "perplexity",
+          model: runtime.model,
+          tookMs: Date.now() - start,
+          externalContent: {
+            untrusted: true,
+            source: "web_search",
+            provider: "perplexity",
+            wrapped: true,
+          },
+          ...(await (async () => {
+            const result = await runPerplexitySearch({
+              query,
+              apiKey: runtime.apiKey!,
+              baseUrl: runtime.baseUrl,
+              model: runtime.model,
+              timeoutSeconds,
+              freshness,
+            });
+            return {
+              content: wrapWebContent(result.content, "web_search"),
+              citations: result.citations,
+            };
+          })()),
+        }
+      : {
+          query,
+          provider: "perplexity",
+          count: 0,
+          tookMs: Date.now() - start,
+          externalContent: {
+            untrusted: true,
+            source: "web_search",
+            provider: "perplexity",
+            wrapped: true,
+          },
+          results: await runPerplexitySearchApi({
+            query,
+            apiKey: runtime.apiKey,
+            count: resolveSearchCount(count, DEFAULT_SEARCH_COUNT),
+            timeoutSeconds,
+            country: country ?? undefined,
+            searchDomainFilter: domainFilter,
+            searchRecencyFilter: freshness,
+            searchLanguageFilter: language ? [language] : undefined,
+            searchAfterDate: dateAfter ? isoToPerplexityDate(dateAfter) : undefined,
+            searchBeforeDate: dateBefore ? isoToPerplexityDate(dateBefore) : undefined,
+            maxTokens: maxTokens ?? undefined,
+            maxTokensPerPage: maxTokensPerPage ?? undefined,
+          }),
+        };
+
+  if (Array.isArray((payload as { results?: unknown[] }).results)) {
+    (payload as { count: number }).count = (payload as { results: unknown[] }).results.length;
+    (payload as { tookMs: number }).tookMs = Date.now() - start;
+  } else {
+    (payload as { tookMs: number }).tookMs = Date.now() - start;
+  }
+
+  writeCachedSearchPayload(cacheKey, payload, resolveSearchCacheTtlMs(searchConfig));
+  return payload;
+}
+
+export const testing = {
+  inferPerplexityBaseUrlFromApiKey,
+  resolvePerplexityBaseUrl,
+  resolvePerplexityModel,
+  resolvePerplexityTransport,
+  isDirectPerplexityBaseUrl,
+  resolvePerplexityRequestModel,
+  resolvePerplexityApiKey,
+  readPerplexityJsonResponse,
+  normalizeToIsoDate,
+  isoToPerplexityDate,
+} as const;
+export { testing as __testing };

extensions/perplexity/src/perplexity-web-search-provider.shared.ts

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+// Perplexity provider module implements model/runtime integration.
+import {
+  createWebSearchProviderContractFields,
+  mergeScopedSearchConfig,
+  resolveProviderWebSearchPluginConfig,
+  type WebSearchProviderPlugin,
+} from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/provider-web-search-config-contract";
+import {
+  normalizeLowercaseStringOrEmpty,
+  normalizeOptionalString,
+} from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/string-coerce-runtime";
+
+export const DEFAULT_PERPLEXITY_BASE_URL = "https://openrouter.ai/api/v1";
+export const PERPLEXITY_DIRECT_BASE_URL = "https://api.perplexity.ai";
+
+const PERPLEXITY_CREDENTIAL_PATH = "plugins.entries.perplexity.config.webSearch.apiKey";
+const PERPLEXITY_ONBOARDING_SCOPES: Array<"text-inference"> = ["text-inference"];
+const PERPLEXITY_KEY_PREFIXES = ["pplx-"];
+const OPENROUTER_KEY_PREFIXES = ["sk-or-"];
+
+export type PerplexityTransport = "search_api" | "chat_completions";
+type PerplexityRuntimeTransportContext = {
+  searchConfig?: Record<string, unknown>;
+  resolvedKey?: string;
+  keySource: "config" | "secretRef" | "env" | "missing";
+  fallbackEnvVar?: string;
+};
+
+export function createPerplexityWebSearchProviderBase() {
+  return {
+    id: "perplexity",
+    label: "Perplexity Search",
+    hint: "Requires Perplexity API key or OpenRouter API key · structured results",
+    onboardingScopes: [...PERPLEXITY_ONBOARDING_SCOPES],
+    credentialLabel: "Perplexity API key",
+    envVars: ["PERPLEXITY_API_KEY", "OPENROUTER_API_KEY"],
+    placeholder: "pplx-...",
+    signupUrl: "https://www.perplexity.ai/settings/api",
+    docsUrl: "https://docs.openclaw.ai/perplexity",
+    autoDetectOrder: 50,
+    credentialPath: PERPLEXITY_CREDENTIAL_PATH,
+    ...createWebSearchProviderContractFields({
+      credentialPath: PERPLEXITY_CREDENTIAL_PATH,
+      searchCredential: { type: "scoped", scopeId: "perplexity" },
+      configuredCredential: { pluginId: "perplexity" },
+    }),
+  };
+}
+
+export function resolvePerplexityWebSearchRuntimeMetadata(
+  ctx: Parameters<NonNullable<WebSearchProviderPlugin["resolveRuntimeMetadata"]>>[0],
+) {
+  return {
+    perplexityTransport: resolvePerplexityRuntimeTransport({
+      searchConfig: mergeScopedSearchConfig(
+        ctx.searchConfig,
+        "perplexity",
+        resolveProviderWebSearchPluginConfig(ctx.config, "perplexity"),
+      ),
+      resolvedKey: ctx.resolvedCredential?.value,
+      keySource: ctx.resolvedCredential?.source ?? "missing",
+      fallbackEnvVar: ctx.resolvedCredential?.fallbackEnvVar,
+    }),
+  };
+}
+
+export function inferPerplexityBaseUrlFromApiKey(
+  apiKey?: string,
+): "direct" | "openrouter" | undefined {
+  if (!apiKey) {
+    return undefined;
+  }
+  const normalized = normalizeLowercaseStringOrEmpty(apiKey);
+  if (PERPLEXITY_KEY_PREFIXES.some((prefix) => normalized.startsWith(prefix))) {
+    return "direct";
+  }
+  if (OPENROUTER_KEY_PREFIXES.some((prefix) => normalized.startsWith(prefix))) {
+    return "openrouter";
+  }
+  return undefined;
+}
+
+export function isDirectPerplexityBaseUrl(baseUrl: string): boolean {
+  try {
+    return (
+      normalizeLowercaseStringOrEmpty(new URL(baseUrl.trim()).hostname) === "api.perplexity.ai"
+    );
+  } catch {
+    return false;
+  }
+}
+
+function resolvePerplexityRuntimeTransport(
+  params: PerplexityRuntimeTransportContext,
+): PerplexityTransport | undefined {
+  const perplexity = params.searchConfig?.perplexity;
+  const scoped =
+    perplexity && typeof perplexity === "object" && !Array.isArray(perplexity)
+      ? (perplexity as { baseUrl?: string; model?: string })
+      : undefined;
+  const configuredBaseUrl = normalizeOptionalString(scoped?.baseUrl) ?? "";
+  const configuredModel = normalizeOptionalString(scoped?.model) ?? "";
+  const baseUrl = (() => {
+    if (configuredBaseUrl) {
+      return configuredBaseUrl;
+    }
+    if (params.keySource === "env") {
+      if (params.fallbackEnvVar === "PERPLEXITY_API_KEY") {
+        return PERPLEXITY_DIRECT_BASE_URL;
+      }
+      if (params.fallbackEnvVar === "OPENROUTER_API_KEY") {
+        return DEFAULT_PERPLEXITY_BASE_URL;
+      }
+    }
+    if ((params.keySource === "config" || params.keySource === "secretRef") && params.resolvedKey) {
+      return inferPerplexityBaseUrlFromApiKey(params.resolvedKey) === "openrouter"
+        ? DEFAULT_PERPLEXITY_BASE_URL
+        : PERPLEXITY_DIRECT_BASE_URL;
+    }
+    return DEFAULT_PERPLEXITY_BASE_URL;
+  })();
+  return configuredBaseUrl || configuredModel || !isDirectPerplexityBaseUrl(baseUrl)
+    ? "chat_completions"
+    : "search_api";
+}

extensions/perplexity/src/perplexity-web-search-provider.test.ts

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+// Perplexity tests cover perplexity web search provider plugin behavior.
+import { withEnv, withEnvAsync } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/test-env";
+import { describe, expect, it, vi } from "vitest";
+import { createStreamingResponse } from "../../test-support/streaming-error-response.js";
+import { createPerplexityWebSearchProvider } from "./perplexity-web-search-provider.js";
+import { testing } from "./perplexity-web-search-provider.runtime.js";
+
+const openRouterApiKeyEnv = ["OPENROUTER_API", "KEY"].join("_");
+const perplexityApiKeyEnv = ["PERPLEXITY_API", "KEY"].join("_");
+const openRouterPerplexityApiKey = ["sk", "or", "v1", "test"].join("-");
+const directPerplexityApiKey = ["pplx", "test"].join("-");
+const enterprisePerplexityApiKey = ["enterprise", "perplexity", "test"].join("-");
+
+describe("perplexity web search provider", () => {
+  it("points missing-key users to fetch/browser alternatives", async () => {
+    await withEnvAsync(
+      { [perplexityApiKeyEnv]: undefined, [openRouterApiKeyEnv]: undefined },
+      async () => {
+        const provider = createPerplexityWebSearchProvider();
+        const tool = provider.createTool({ config: {}, searchConfig: {} });
+        if (!tool) {
+          throw new Error("Expected tool definition");
+        }
+
+        await expect(tool.execute({ query: "OpenClaw docs" })).resolves.toEqual({
+          error: "missing_perplexity_api_key",
+          message:
+            "web_search (perplexity) needs an API key. Set PERPLEXITY_API_KEY or OPENROUTER_API_KEY in the Gateway environment, or configure tools.web.search.perplexity.apiKey. If you do not want to configure a search API key, use web_fetch for a specific URL or the browser tool for interactive pages.",
+          docs: "https://docs.openclaw.ai/tools/web",
+        });
+      },
+    );
+  });
+
+  it("infers provider routing from api key prefixes", () => {
+    expect(testing.inferPerplexityBaseUrlFromApiKey("pplx-abc")).toBe("direct");
+    expect(testing.inferPerplexityBaseUrlFromApiKey("sk-or-v1-abc")).toBe("openrouter");
+    expect(testing.inferPerplexityBaseUrlFromApiKey("unknown")).toBeUndefined();
+  });
+
+  it("resolves base url from auth source and request model by transport", () => {
+    expect(testing.resolvePerplexityBaseUrl(undefined, "perplexity_env")).toBe(
+      "https://api.perplexity.ai",
+    );
+    expect(testing.resolvePerplexityBaseUrl(undefined, "openrouter_env")).toBe(
+      "https://openrouter.ai/api/v1",
+    );
+    expect(
+      testing.resolvePerplexityRequestModel("https://api.perplexity.ai", "perplexity/sonar-pro"),
+    ).toBe("sonar-pro");
+    expect(
+      testing.resolvePerplexityRequestModel("https://openrouter.ai/api/v1", "perplexity/sonar-pro"),
+    ).toBe("perplexity/sonar-pro");
+  });
+
+  it("chooses direct search_api transport only for direct base urls without legacy overrides", () => {
+    expect(
+      testing.resolvePerplexityTransport({
+        baseUrl: "https://api.perplexity.ai",
+      }).transport,
+    ).toBe("chat_completions");
+
+    expect(
+      testing.resolvePerplexityTransport({
+        apiKey: "pplx-secret",
+      }).transport,
+    ).toBe("search_api");
+  });
+
+  it("prefers explicit baseUrl over key-based defaults", () => {
+    expect(
+      testing.resolvePerplexityBaseUrl({ baseUrl: "https://example.com" }, "config", "pplx-123"),
+    ).toBe("https://example.com");
+  });
+
+  it("resolves OpenRouter env auth and transport", () => {
+    withEnv(
+      { [perplexityApiKeyEnv]: undefined, [openRouterApiKeyEnv]: openRouterPerplexityApiKey },
+      () => {
+        expect(testing.resolvePerplexityApiKey(undefined)).toEqual({
+          apiKey: openRouterPerplexityApiKey,
+          source: "openrouter_env",
+        });
+        expect(testing.resolvePerplexityTransport(undefined)).toEqual({
+          apiKey: openRouterPerplexityApiKey,
+          source: "openrouter_env",
+          baseUrl: "https://openrouter.ai/api/v1",
+          model: "perplexity/sonar-pro",
+          transport: "chat_completions",
+        });
+      },
+    );
+  });
+
+  it("uses native Search API for direct Perplexity when no legacy overrides exist", () => {
+    withEnv(
+      { [perplexityApiKeyEnv]: directPerplexityApiKey, [openRouterApiKeyEnv]: undefined },
+      () => {
+        expect(testing.resolvePerplexityTransport(undefined)).toEqual({
+          apiKey: directPerplexityApiKey,
+          source: "perplexity_env",
+          baseUrl: "https://api.perplexity.ai",
+          model: "perplexity/sonar-pro",
+          transport: "search_api",
+        });
+      },
+    );
+  });
+
+  it("switches direct Perplexity to chat completions when model override is configured", () => {
+    expect(testing.resolvePerplexityModel({ model: "perplexity/sonar-reasoning-pro" })).toBe(
+      "perplexity/sonar-reasoning-pro",
+    );
+    expect(
+      testing.resolvePerplexityTransport({
+        apiKey: directPerplexityApiKey,
+        model: "perplexity/sonar-reasoning-pro",
+      }),
+    ).toEqual({
+      apiKey: directPerplexityApiKey,
+      source: "config",
+      baseUrl: "https://api.perplexity.ai",
+      model: "perplexity/sonar-reasoning-pro",
+      transport: "chat_completions",
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("treats unrecognized configured keys as direct Perplexity by default", () => {
+    expect(
+      testing.resolvePerplexityTransport({
+        apiKey: enterprisePerplexityApiKey,
+      }),
+    ).toEqual({
+      apiKey: enterprisePerplexityApiKey,
+      source: "config",
+      baseUrl: "https://api.perplexity.ai",
+      model: "perplexity/sonar-pro",
+      transport: "search_api",
+    });
+  });
+
+  it.each([
+    ["max_tokens", 0, "max_tokens must be a positive integer."],
+    ["max_tokens", 1.5, "max_tokens must be a positive integer."],
+    ["max_tokens", 1_000_001, "max_tokens must be a positive integer."],
+    ["max_tokens_per_page", 1.5, "max_tokens_per_page must be a positive integer."],
+  ])("rejects invalid native token budget %s=%s", async (key, value, message) => {
+    await withEnvAsync(
+      { [perplexityApiKeyEnv]: directPerplexityApiKey, [openRouterApiKeyEnv]: undefined },
+      async () => {
+        const provider = createPerplexityWebSearchProvider();
+        const tool = provider.createTool({ config: {}, searchConfig: {} });
+        if (!tool) {
+          throw new Error("Expected tool definition");
+        }
+
+        await expect(tool.execute({ query: "OpenClaw docs", [key]: value })).rejects.toThrow(
+          message,
+        );
+      },
+    );
+  });
+
+  it("reports malformed Search API JSON with a stable provider error", async () => {
+    await expect(
+      testing.readPerplexityJsonResponse(new Response("{ nope"), "Perplexity Search"),
+    ).rejects.toThrow("Perplexity Search: malformed JSON response");
+  });
+
+  it("reports malformed chat completion JSON with a stable provider error", async () => {
+    await expect(
+      testing.readPerplexityJsonResponse(new Response("{ nope"), "Perplexity"),
+    ).rejects.toThrow("Perplexity: malformed JSON response");
+  });
+
+  it("bounds successful Perplexity JSON bodies before parsing", async () => {
+    const streamed = createStreamingResponse({
+      chunkCount: 32,
+      chunkSize: 1024 * 1024,
+      text: "x",
+      headers: { "content-type": "application/json" },
+    });
+    const jsonSpy = vi.spyOn(streamed.response, "json").mockRejectedValue(new Error("unbounded"));
+
+    await expect(
+      testing.readPerplexityJsonResponse(streamed.response, "Perplexity Search"),
+    ).rejects.toThrow("Perplexity Search: JSON response exceeds 16777216 bytes");
+
+    expect(streamed.getReadCount()).toBeLessThan(32);
+    expect(streamed.wasCanceled()).toBe(true);
+    expect(jsonSpy).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+});

extensions/perplexity/src/perplexity-web-search-provider.ts

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+import { createLazyRuntimeModule } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/lazy-runtime";
+// Perplexity provider module implements model/runtime integration.
+import {
+  mergeScopedSearchConfig,
+  resolveProviderWebSearchPluginConfig,
+  type WebSearchProviderPlugin,
+  type WebSearchProviderToolDefinition,
+} from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/provider-web-search-config-contract";
+import { isRecord } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/string-coerce-runtime";
+import {
+  createPerplexityWebSearchProviderBase,
+  resolvePerplexityWebSearchRuntimeMetadata,
+} from "./perplexity-web-search-provider.shared.js";
+
+const loadPerplexityWebSearchRuntime = createLazyRuntimeModule(
+  () => import("./perplexity-web-search-provider.runtime.js"),
+);
+
+function createPerplexityParameters(transport?: string): Record<string, unknown> {
+  const properties: Record<string, unknown> = {
+    query: { type: "string", description: "Search query string." },
+    count: {
+      type: "integer",
+      description: "Number of results to return (1-10).",
+      minimum: 1,
+      maximum: 10,
+    },
+    freshness: {
+      type: "string",
+      description: "Filter by time: 'day' (24h), 'week', 'month', or 'year'.",
+    },
+  };
+
+  if (transport !== "chat_completions") {
+    properties.country = {
+      type: "string",
+      description: "Native Perplexity Search API only. 2-letter country code.",
+    };
+    properties.language = {
+      type: "string",
+      description: "Native Perplexity Search API only. ISO 639-1 language code.",
+    };
+    properties.date_after = {
+      type: "string",
+      description:
+        "Native Perplexity Search API only. Only results published after this date (YYYY-MM-DD).",
+    };
+    properties.date_before = {
+      type: "string",
+      description:
+        "Native Perplexity Search API only. Only results published before this date (YYYY-MM-DD).",
+    };
+    properties.domain_filter = {
+      type: "array",
+      items: { type: "string" },
+      description: "Native Perplexity Search API only. Domain filter (max 20).",
+    };
+    properties.max_tokens = {
+      type: "integer",
+      description: "Native Perplexity Search API only. Total content budget across all results.",
+      minimum: 1,
+      maximum: 1000000,
+    };
+    properties.max_tokens_per_page = {
+      type: "integer",
+      description: "Native Perplexity Search API only. Max tokens extracted per page.",
+      minimum: 1,
+    };
+  }
+
+  return {
+    type: "object",
+    properties,
+    required: ["query"],
+  };
+}
+
+function hasPerplexityLegacyOverride(searchConfig?: Record<string, unknown>): boolean {
+  const perplexity = isRecord(searchConfig?.perplexity) ? searchConfig.perplexity : undefined;
+  return (
+    (typeof perplexity?.baseUrl === "string" && perplexity.baseUrl.trim().length > 0) ||
+    (typeof perplexity?.model === "string" && perplexity.model.trim().length > 0)
+  );
+}
+
+function createPerplexityToolDefinition(
+  searchConfig?: Record<string, unknown>,
+  runtimeTransport?: string,
+): WebSearchProviderToolDefinition {
+  const schemaTransport =
+    runtimeTransport ??
+    (hasPerplexityLegacyOverride(searchConfig) ? "chat_completions" : undefined);
+
+  return {
+    description:
+      schemaTransport === "chat_completions"
+        ? "Search the web using Perplexity Sonar via Perplexity/OpenRouter chat completions. Returns AI-synthesized answers with citations from web-grounded search."
+        : "Search the web using Perplexity. Runtime routing decides between native Search API and Sonar chat-completions compatibility. Structured filters are available on the native Search API path.",
+    parameters: createPerplexityParameters(schemaTransport),
+    execute: async (args) => {
+      const { executePerplexitySearch } = await loadPerplexityWebSearchRuntime();
+      return await executePerplexitySearch(args, searchConfig);
+    },
+  };
+}
+
+export function createPerplexityWebSearchProvider(): WebSearchProviderPlugin {
+  return {
+    ...createPerplexityWebSearchProviderBase(),
+    resolveRuntimeMetadata: resolvePerplexityWebSearchRuntimeMetadata,
+    createTool: (ctx) =>
+      createPerplexityToolDefinition(
+        mergeScopedSearchConfig(
+          ctx.searchConfig,
+          "perplexity",
+          resolveProviderWebSearchPluginConfig(ctx.config, "perplexity"),
+        ),
+        ctx.runtimeMetadata?.perplexityTransport,
+      ),
+  };
+}

extensions/perplexity/test-api.ts

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+// Perplexity API module exposes the plugin public contract.
+export { testing, testing as __testing } from "./src/perplexity-web-search-provider.runtime.js";

extensions/perplexity/tsconfig.json

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+{
+  "extends": "../tsconfig.package-boundary.base.json",
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "rootDir": "."
+  },
+  "include": ["./*.ts", "./src/**/*.ts"],
+  "exclude": [
+    "./**/*.test.ts",
+    "./dist/**",
+    "./node_modules/**",
+    "./src/test-support/**",
+    "./src/**/*test-helpers.ts",
+    "./src/**/*test-harness.ts",
+    "./src/**/*test-support.ts"
+  ]
+}

extensions/perplexity/web-search-contract-api.ts

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+// Perplexity API module exposes the plugin public contract.
+import type { WebSearchProviderPlugin } from "openclaw/plugin-sdk/provider-web-search-config-contract";
+import {
+  createPerplexityWebSearchProviderBase,
+  resolvePerplexityWebSearchRuntimeMetadata,
+} from "./src/perplexity-web-search-provider.shared.js";
+
+export function createPerplexityWebSearchProvider(): WebSearchProviderPlugin {
+  return {
+    ...createPerplexityWebSearchProviderBase(),
+    resolveRuntimeMetadata: resolvePerplexityWebSearchRuntimeMetadata,
+    createTool: () => null,
+  };
+}

extensions/perplexity/web-search-provider.ts

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+// Perplexity provider module implements model/runtime integration.
+export { createPerplexityWebSearchProvider } from "./src/perplexity-web-search-provider.js";