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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 val, 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, this is the address you can send test emails to or route emails through. 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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