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Research Agent over email

This is a lightweight wrapper around Perplexity's web search API that you can interact with via email. Screenshot 2025-06-06 at 11.42.44 AM.png

Set up instructions

  1. Before you can run this cron, you must add the following Environment Variables (via left sidebar of this val):
  • PERPLEXITY_API_KEY: Go to https://www.perplexity.ai/account/api/keys -> Create Key -> Copy
  1. Every val with an email trigger comes with its own email address - which you can find by clicking on emailHandler and the purple Email icon on the top right, this will show you a drop down with the email address. The code in emailHandler determines what to do upon receiving an email at that address.

Usage instructions

There are 2 files in this val:

  • emailHandler: Send an email to your val's email address to get a response back via email
  • morningAiNewsletter: A cron that sends you an email every morning (or whatever cadence you choose) telling you about the latest AI news.
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