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🔬 ResearchGPT - Deep Research Agent

Transform any topic into a comprehensive research report in minutes, not hours.

👁 Apify Actor
👁 Python 3.11+
👁 License: MIT

🎯 What is ResearchGPT?

ResearchGPT is your AI-powered research assistant that does in 3 minutes what would take you 3+ hours manually.

Simply enter any topic, and ResearchGPT will:

✅ Search across multiple engines (DuckDuckGo, Brave, Mojeek)
✅ Scrape Wikipedia, arXiv, Semantic Scholar, OpenAlex, CrossRef
✅ Extract the latest news articles and web content
✅ Process everything with intelligent NLP analysis
✅ Generate beautiful reports in JSON, HTML & PDF formats

No API keys required. No complex setup. Just results.

🚀 Perfect For

⚡ Quick Start

1. Run on Apify (Easiest)

1. Go to the ResearchGPT Actor page
2. Enter your research topic
3. Click Start
4. Download your reports! 📄

2. Via API

curl-X POST "https://api.apify.com/v2/acts/YOUR_USERNAME~researchgpt-deep-research-agent/runs?token=YOUR_TOKEN"\
-H"Content-Type: application/json"\
-d'{"topic": "quantum computing breakthroughs 2025"}'

3. Via Apify SDK (Python)

from apify_client import ApifyClient
client = ApifyClient("YOUR_API_TOKEN")
run = client.actor("YOUR_USERNAME/researchgpt-deep-research-agent").call(
 run_input={"topic":"artificial intelligence in healthcare"}
)
# Get results
for item in client.dataset(run["defaultDatasetId"]).iterate_items():
print(item)

📊 What You Get

Three Professional Output Formats

Rich Research Data

{
"topic":"artificial intelligence ethics",
"sources":{
"wikipedia":5,
"academic":10,
"news":5,
"general":10
},
"processed_content":{
"summary":"Comprehensive executive summary...",
"key_findings":["Finding 1","Finding 2","..."],
"themes":["Theme 1","Theme 2","..."],
"entities":["Entity 1","Entity 2","..."]
}
}

🔧 Configuration Options

{
"topic":"your research topic here",
"outputFormats":["json","html","pdf"],
"maxSourcesPerType":10,
"includeWikipedia":true,
"includeAcademic":true,
"includeNews":true,
"includeGeneral":true,
"searchProviders":["duckduckgo"],
"requestTimeout":30,
"maxRetries":3,
"debug":false
}

Parameter Reference

🌐 Data Sources

ResearchGPT taps into 6+ authoritative sources:

🛡️ Production-Grade Features

Built for reliability and scale:

• ⚡ Smart Caching - 5-minute TTL prevents redundant requests
• 🔄 Retry Logic - Exponential backoff with jitter
• 🚦 Rate Limiting - Respects API limits automatically
• 🔍 Deduplication - MD5-based content fingerprinting
• 🌐 Connection Pooling - Efficient HTTP management
• 🛡️ Error Handling - Graceful fallbacks, never crashes

💻 Local Development

# Clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/your-repo/researchgpt-deep-research-agent
cd researchgpt-deep-research-agent
# Create virtual environment
python -m venv .venv
.venv\Scripts\activate # Windows
source .venv/bin/activate # macOS/Linux
# Install dependencies
pip install-r requirements.txt
# Run locally
python run_local.py

📁 Project Structure

researchgpt-deep-research-agent/
├── 📂 .actor/
│ └── actor.json # Apify configuration
├── 📂 src/
│ ├── __init__.py
│ └── main.py # 🚀 Main Apify entry point
├── 📂 scrapers/
│ ├── base_scraper.py # Base classwith retry/caching
│ ├── academic_scraper.py # arXiv, Semantic Scholar, etc.
│ ├── wikipedia_scraper.py # MediaWiki API
│ ├── news_scraper.py # News extraction
│ ├── general_scraper.py # Web scraping
│ └── search_engine.py # Multi-provider search
├── 📂 processors/
│ └── content_processor.py # NLP processing
├── 📂 output/
│ └── output_generator.py # Report generation
├── 📄 Dockerfile # Container definition
├── 📄 requirements.txt # Dependencies
└── 📄 README.md # You are here!

🚀 Deploy to Apify

Option 1: Apify CLI (Recommended)

npminstall-g apify-cli
apify login
apify push

Option 2: GitHub Integration

1. Push to GitHub
2. Apify Console → Create Actor → Link to GitHub
3. Auto-builds on every push! 🔄

📈 Performance Tips

🤔 FAQ

🆚 Why ResearchGPT?

📝 Example Topics

Get inspired! Here are some topics that work great:

• "artificial intelligence ethics and regulation 2025"
• "quantum computing practical applications"
• "climate change solutions renewable energy"
• "cryptocurrency DeFi market analysis"
• "remote work productivity research"
• "mental health digital therapeutics"
• "gene editing CRISPR medical applications"
• "electric vehicles battery technology"

🤝 Support & Community

• 🐛 Issues: Report bugs
• 💡 Feature Requests: Suggest ideas
• 📖 Docs: Apify Documentation
• 💬 Discord: Join Apify Community

📄 License

MIT License - Use it freely, commercially or personally.