AutoSearch

April 26, 2026 · View on GitHub

AutoSearch

Open-source Deep Research for AI Agents

40 channels, including 10+ Chinese sources.
MCP-native. LLM-decoupled. Plug into the agent host you already use.

CI release npm License Claude Code plugin MCP native

Install · Channels · MCP Setup · Examples · Docs · 中文

AutoSearch is open-source deep research infrastructure built for AI agents. Plug Claude Code, Cursor, Cline, GPT-Researcher, LangChain, LlamaIndex, AutoGen, and other hosts into MCP-native access across 40 channels, including 10+ Chinese sources.

The engine returns indexed multi-source results and stays uncoupled from LLM calls, so your agent keeps its own model, prompts, and workflow.


You ask your AI to research something. It answers from training data cutoff —

  • "Show me this week's LLM papers on arxiv" → can't, no academic database access
  • "What are people saying about this product on Reddit" → shallow, only surface-level web results
  • "Find similar open-source projects on GitHub" → weak, general search misses most repos
  • "Summarize the Twitter discussion on this topic" → blocked, no public API
  • "Compare opinions on Hacker News vs Chinese tech forums" → two platforms, manual aggregation

AutoSearch fixes this in one line. Pick the path that matches you:

Install

Have Node? (most common — works on macOS, Linux, Windows)

npx autosearch-ai

Using Claude Code / Cursor / Zed? Paste this into your AI agent:

Help me install AutoSearch: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/0xmariowu/Autosearch/main/docs/install.md

Shell user on macOS / Linux?

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/0xmariowu/Autosearch/main/scripts/install.sh | bash

The npm wrapper runs install/init only when you invoke it explicitly. Plain npm install -g autosearch-ai does not auto-run init; avoiding npm install-time scripts is intentional supply-chain hardening.

After install, your Agent searches 40 channels simultaneously — academic papers, developer communities, Chinese social media, and Linux DO forum threads — results deduplicated and ranked, every result includes a source URL.


Channels

ChannelReady out of boxUnlocked after configHow to configure
📄 arxivAcademic preprints CS/ML/PhysicsNo config needed
🔬 PubMed / OpenAlex / DBLPBiomedical + cross-discipline papersNo config needed
🐙 GitHubCode, Issues, repository searchNo config needed
🔍 DuckDuckGoGeneral web searchNo config needed
🟠 Hacker NewsDeveloper discussions + early product signalsNo config needed
📖 RedditCommunity discussion + real user experiencesNo config needed
🤗 Hugging FaceOpen-source ML model searchNo config needed
📦 Stack OverflowProgramming Q&ANo config needed
📰 Google NewsReal-time news aggregationNo config needed
💻 dev.toDeveloper blogsNo config needed
📊 SEC EDGARUS company filingsNo config needed
🌐 Wikipedia / WikidataEncyclopedia + structured knowledgeNo config needed
💬 WeChat Official AccountsFull-text article searchNo config needed
📱 36kr / InfoQChinese tech & business newsNo config needed
🧵 Linux DO / Discourse ForumsLinux DO topics and Discourse-based public forum discussionsNo config needed
🎬 YouTubeVideo search + transcriptsSet YOUTUBE_API_KEY
📺 BilibiliChinese tech videosSet TIKHUB_API_KEY
📹 WeChat ChannelsChinese short videos (视频号)TIKHUB_API_KEY
🌸 XiaohongshuLifestyle + product reviewsMore stableautosearch login xhs or TIKHUB_API_KEY
🐦 Twitter / XReal-time discussion + tech newsTIKHUB_API_KEY
📣 Weibo / Douyin / ZhihuChinese social + in-depth discussionTIKHUB_API_KEY
📈 XueqiuA-share / HK stock discussionautosearch login xueqiu
💼 LinkedInPublic pages via Jina ReaderNo config needed

Not sure how to configure? Just tell your Agent "help me configure XXX" — it will guide you step by step.


After install

Run autosearch doctor to check the status of every channel:

AutoSearch Channel Status
==========================================
Always-on (27/27)   ✅ arxiv  ✅ github  ✅ hackernews ...
API-key   (0/11)    ○  youtube  →  set YOUTUBE_API_KEY
                    ○  bilibili →  set TIKHUB_API_KEY
Login     (0/2)     ○  xiaohongshu  →  autosearch login xhs
                    ○  xueqiu       →  autosearch login xueqiu

License

MIT.