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# 🔎 GPT Researcher

**GPT Researcher is an open deep research agent designed for both web and local research on any given task.** 

The agent produces detailed, factual, and unbiased research reports with citations. GPT Researcher provides a full suite of customization options to create tailor made and domain specific research agents. Inspired by the recent [Plan-and-Solve](https://arxiv.org/abs/2305.04091) and [RAG](https://arxiv.org/abs/2005.11401) papers, GPT Researcher addresses misinformation, speed, determinism, and reliability by offering stable performance and increased speed through parallelized agent work.

**Our mission is to empower individuals and organizations with accurate, unbiased, and factual information through AI.**

## Why GPT Researcher?

- Objective conclusions for manual research can take weeks, requiring vast resources and time.
- LLMs trained on outdated information can hallucinate, becoming irrelevant for current research tasks.
- Current LLMs have token limitations, insufficient for generating long research reports.
- Limited web sources in existing services lead to misinformation and shallow results.
- Selective web sources can introduce bias into research tasks.

## Demo
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f60rlc_QCxE" target="_blank" rel="noopener">
  <img src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/ac2ec55f-b487-4b3f-ae6f-b8743ad296e4" alt="Demo video" width="800" target="_blank" />
</a>

## Install as Claude Skill

Extend Claude's deep research capabilities by installing GPT Researcher as a [Claude Skill](https://skills.sh/assafelovic/gpt-researcher/gpt-researcher):

```bash
npx skills add assafelovic/gpt-researcher
```

Once installed, Claude can leverage GPT Researcher's deep research capabilities directly within your conversations.

## Architecture

The core idea is to utilize 'planner' and 'execution' agents. The planner generates research questions, while the execution agents gather relevant information. The publisher then aggregates all findings into a comprehensive report.

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Steps:
* Create a task-specific agent based on a research query.
* Generate questions that collectively form an objective opinion on the task.
* Use a crawler agent for gathering information for each question.
* Summarize and source-track each resource.
* Filter and aggregate summaries into a final research report.

## Tutorials
 - [How it Works](https://docs.gptr.dev/blog/building-gpt-researcher)
 - [How to Install](https://www.loom.com/share/04ebffb6ed2a4520a27c3e3addcdde20?sid=da1848e8-b1f1-42d1-93c3-5b0b9c3b24ea)
 - [Live Demo](https://www.loom.com/share/6a3385db4e8747a1913dd85a7834846f?sid=a740fd5b-2aa3-457e-8fb7-86976f59f9b8)

## Features

- 📝 Generate detailed research reports using web and local documents.
- 🖼️ Smart image scraping and filtering for reports.
- 🍌 **AI-generated inline images** using Google Gemini (Nano Banana) for visual illustrations.
- 📜 Generate detailed reports exceeding 2,000 words.
- 🌐 Aggregate over 20 sources for objective conclusions.
- 🖥️ Frontend available in lightweight (HTML/CSS/JS) and production-ready (NextJS + Tailwind) versions.
- 🔍 JavaScript-enabled web scraping.
- 📂 Maintains memory and context throughout research.
- 📄 Export reports to PDF, Word, and other formats.

## 📖 Documentation

See the [Documentation](https://docs.gptr.dev/docs/gpt-researcher/getting-started) for:
- Installation and setup guides
- Configuration and customization options
- How-To examples
- Full API references

## ⚙️ Getting Started

### Installation

1. Install Python 3.11 or later. [Guide](https://www.tutorialsteacher.com/python/install-python).
2. Clone the project and navigate to the directory:

    ```bash
    git clone https://github.com/assafelovic/gpt-researcher.git
    cd gpt-researcher
    ```

3. Set up API keys by exporting them or storing them in a `.env` file.

    ```bash
    export OPENAI_API_KEY={Your OpenAI API Key here}
    export TAVILY_API_KEY={Your Tavily API Key here}
    ```

    (Optional) For enhanced tracing and observability, you can also set:
    
    ```bash
    # export LANGCHAIN_TRACING_V2=true
    # export LANGCHAIN_API_KEY={Your LangChain API Key here}
    ```

    For custom OpenAI-compatible APIs (e.g., local models, other providers), you can also set:
    
    ```bash
    export OPENAI_BASE_URL={Your custom API base URL here}
    ```

4. Install dependencies and start the server:

    ```bash
    pip install -r requirements.txt
    python -m uvicorn main:app --reload
    ```

Visit [http://localhost:8000](http://localhost:8000) to start.

For other setups (e.g., Poetry or virtual environments), check the [Getting Started page](https://docs.gptr.dev/docs/gpt-researcher/getting-started).

## Run as PIP package
```bash
pip install gpt-researcher

```
### Example Usage:
```python
...
from gpt_researcher import GPTResearcher

query = "why is Nvidia stock going up?"
researcher = GPTResearcher(query=query)
# Conduct research on the given query
research_result = await researcher.conduct_research()
# Write the report
report = await researcher.write_report()
...
```

**For more examples and configurations, please refer to the [PIP documentation](https://docs.gptr.dev/docs/gpt-researcher/gptr/pip-package) page.**

### 🔧 MCP Client
GPT Researcher supports MCP integration to connect with specialized data sources like GitHub repositories, databases, and custom APIs. This enables research from data sources alongside web search.

```bash
export RETRIEVER=tavily,mcp  # Enable hybrid web + MCP research
```

```python
from gpt_researcher import GPTResearcher
import asyncio
import os

async def mcp_research_example():
    # Enable MCP with web search
    os.environ["RETRIEVER"] = "tavily,mcp"
    
    researcher = GPTResearcher(
        query="What are the top open source web research agents?",
        mcp_configs=[
            {
                "name": "github",
                "command": "npx",
                "args": ["-y", "@modelcontextprotocol/server-github"],
                "env": {"GITHUB_TOKEN": os.getenv("GITHUB_TOKEN")}
            }
        ]
    )
    
    research_result = await researcher.conduct_research()
    report = await researcher.write_report()
    return report
```

> For comprehensive MCP documentation and advanced examples, visit the [MCP Integration Guide](https://docs.gptr.dev/docs/gpt-researcher/retrievers/mcp-configs).

## 🍌 Inline Image Generation

GPT Researcher can automatically generate and embed AI-created illustrations in your research reports using Google's Gemini models (Nano Banana).

```bash
# Enable in your .env file
IMAGE_GENERATION_ENABLED=true
GOOGLE_API_KEY=your_google_api_key
IMAGE_GENERATION_MODEL=models/gemini-2.5-flash-image
```

When enabled, the system will:
1. Analyze your research context to identify visualization opportunities
2. Pre-generate 2-3 relevant images during the research phase
3. Embed them inline as the report is written

Images are generated with dark-mode styling that matches the GPT Researcher UI, featuring professional infographic aesthetics with teal accents.

[Learn more about Image Generation](https://docs.gptr.dev/docs/gpt-researcher/gptr/image_generation) in our documentation.

## ✨ Deep Research

GPT Researcher now includes Deep Research - an advanced recursive research workflow that explores topics with agentic depth and breadth. This feature employs a tree-like exploration pattern, diving deeper into subtopics while maintaining a comprehensive view of the research subject.

- 🌳 Tree-like exploration with configurable depth and breadth
- ⚡️ Concurrent processing for faster results
- 🤝 Smart context management across research branches
- ⏱️ Takes ~5 minutes per deep research
- 💰 Costs ~$0.4 per research (using `o3-mini` on "high" reasoning effort)

[Learn more about Deep Research](https://docs.gptr.dev/docs/gpt-researcher/gptr/deep_research) in our documentation.

## Run with Docker

> **Step 1** - [Install Docker](https://docs.gptr.dev/docs/gpt-researche