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How to write a report from your own documents with GPT Researcher

Point GPT Researcher at a folder of PDFs, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, CSV or Markdown files and research them instead of the web.

Short answer: Install the app as in the README Installation steps, or the package with pip install gpt-researcher; then point it at your folder with export DOC_PATH="./my-docs"; in the web app, choose My Documents from the Report Source dropdown. All steps.

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privacy. Your document contents are sent to the configured LLM provider; use a local OpenAI-compatible endpoint via OPENAI_BASE_URL if they are confidential.

Who it is forA consultant or team with a pile of internal documents.

The problemInternal reports are scattered across files nobody has time to read end to end.

The outcomeA research report grounded in your local documents.

What you need first

  • Python 3.12 or later
  • An OpenAI API key and a Tavily API key, or a custom OpenAI-compatible endpoint
  • Docker if you prefer the docker compose setup

Steps

  1. Install the app as in the README Installation steps, or the package with pip install gpt-researcher
  2. Point it at your folder with export DOC_PATH="./my-docs"
  3. In the web app, choose My Documents from the Report Source dropdown
  4. With the pip package, pass report_source as local when creating GPTResearcher

Prompt for your agent

Using assafelovic/gpt-researcher, set `export DOC_PATH="./my-docs"` to <my folder> and produce a report on <question> using report_source local.

Caveat. Supported formats per the README are PDF, plain text, CSV, Excel, Markdown, PowerPoint and Word.

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