Publicdotcom Perplexity Skill

Public.com Perplexity Agent Skill

Overview

This is an agent skill for interacting with your Public.com brokerage account via Perplexity Computer. You can:

• View accounts, portfolio, orders, and transaction history
• Get live quotes and historical bars; stream real-time price changes
• List option chains, expirations, and greeks
• Preflight and place equity, crypto, and options orders (including shorts)
• Preflight and place vertical spreads and arbitrary 2-6 leg options strategies (iron condors, butterflies, straddles, etc.)
• Modify open orders (cancel-and-replace), cancel orders, wait for fills, and check order status

Disclaimer

For illustrative and informational purposes only. Not investment advice or recommendations.

We recommend running this skill in as isolated of an environment as possible. If possible, test the integration on a new Public account as well.

Before You Get Started

There are a few prerequisites needed to get started:

• Python 3.9+ and pip — Required to run this skill. The skill's scripts use the publicdotcom-py SDK (pinned to 0.1.15), which will be auto-installed on first run.
• Public.com account — Create one at https://public.com/signup
• Public.com API key — Once you create your Public.com brokerage account, get an API key at https://public.com/settings/v2/api

Configuration

This skill uses two environment variables:

Variable	Required	Description
PUBLIC_COM_SECRET	Yes	Your Public.com API secret key
PUBLIC_COM_ACCOUNT_ID	No	Default account ID for all requests

Setting your API key

Set the environment variable before running your agent:

export PUBLIC_COM_SECRET=

You can find your API secret at https://public.com/settings/v2/api. Alternatively, the skill will prompt you for it on first use (e.g. "How is my Public portfolio doing today?").

Setting a default account ID

Some requests require an account ID. You can list y