Build a Perplexity Research Analyst Agent

Build a research analyst agent in 15 minutes:

1. Set up Perplexity API credentials
2. Define agent architecture (input → research → analysis → report)
3. Implement search query formulation
4. Parse and structure search results
5. Generate professional research reports
6. Add citation formatting and source validation
7. Deploy as API endpoint or CLI tool

Includes complete code examples in Python.