🐍 Deep Research Assistant PY

An AI-powered research tool in Python that helps you explore topics in depth using AI and web search.

Save 200 dollars a month and use this tool

⭐ A python port with a little more cli pizzazz of https://github.com/dzhng/deep-research

Contribute all you want to this. It was fun tweaking it.

video demo

Project Structure

deep_research_py/
├── run.py              # Main CLI interface
├── deep_research.py    # Core research logic
├── feedback.py         # Follow-up question generation
├── prompt.py           # System prompts for AI
└── ai/
    ├── providers.py    # AI service configuration
    └── text_splitter.py # Text processing utilities

Features

• Interactive Research: Asks follow-up questions to better understand your needs
• Depth Control: Customize research breadth and depth
• Web Integration: Uses Firecrawl for reliable web content extraction
• Smart Synthesis: Combines multiple sources into coherent findings
• Beautiful CLI: Rich text interface with progress tracking
• Markdown Reports: Generates well-formatted research reports

Installation

uv tool install deep-research-py && cp .env.example .env

playwright install

Docker with OpenWebUI

If you would rather chat with deep-reasearch with an OpenAI client like OpenWebUI, You can build this project with docker.

docker compose up

The OpenAI endpoint should be set at http://localhost:8000/v1

This can be configured on the OpenWebUI settings -> Connections -> Add connection (api key can be anything)

Configuration

Open .env and replace placeholder values with your actual API keys

Set up environment variables in .env file:

# Required: OpenAI API key
# unless you're using DeepSeek or another OpenAI-compliant API.
OPENAI_API_KEY=your-openai-key-here

# Required: Firecrawl API key
FIRECRAWL_API_KEY=your-firecrawl-key-here
# If you want to use your self-hosted Firecrawl, add the following below:
# FIRECRAWL_BASE_URL="http://localhost:3002"

Note: If you prefer, you can use DeepSeek instead of OpenAI. You can configure it in the .env file by setting the relevant API keys and model. Additionally, ensure that you set DEFAULT_SERVICE to "deepseek" if using DeepSeek or "openai" if using OpenAI.

Usage

Run the research assistant:

deep-research

You'll be prompted to:

1. Enter your research topic
2. Set research breadth (2-10, default 4)
3. Set research depth (1-5, default 2)
4. Answer follow-up questions
5. Wait while it researches and generates a report

You can change the concurrency level by setting the --concurrency flag (useful if you have a high API rate limit):

deep-research --concurrency 10

You can get a list of available commands:

deep-research --help

Development Setup

Clone the repository and set up your environment:

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/epuerta9/deep-research-py.git
cd deep-research-py

# Create and activate virtual environment
uv venv
source .venv/bin/activate

# Install in development mode
uv pip install -e .

# Copy environment configuration
cp .env.example .env

# Set your API keys by editing the .env file

# Install playwright dependencies
playwright install

# Run the tool
deep-research

Requirements

• Python 3.9 or higher
• OpenAI API key (GPT-4 access recommended)
• Firecrawl API key for web search
• Dependencies:
  • openai
  • firecrawl-py
  • typer
  • rich
  • prompt-toolkit
  • aiohttp
  • aiofiles
  • tiktoken

Output

The tool generates:

• A markdown report saved as output.md
• List of sources used
• Summary of key findings
• Detailed analysis of the topic

License

MIT

Contributing

Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please follow these steps:

1. Fork the repository
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b feature/amazing-feature)
3. Install development dependencies:

pip install pre-commit
pre-commit install

4. Make your changes
5. Commit your changes (git commit -m 'Add amazing feature')
6. Push to the branch (git push origin feature/amazing-feature)
7. Open a Pull Request