cost. Each report makes many LLM and search API calls billed to your OpenAI and Tavily accounts.
Who it is forAnyone who wants a research report on a topic in minutes.
The problemReading dozens of sources by hand for one question takes hours.
The outcomeA local web app at localhost:8000 that writes research reports.
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
- Clone with
git clone https://github.com/assafelovic/gpt-researcher.gitandcd gpt-researcher - Set your OPENAI_API_KEY and TAVILY_API_KEY as environment variables or in a .env file
- Install and start with
pip install -r requirements.txtandpython -m uvicorn main:app --reload - Open http://localhost:8000 and enter your research question
Prompt for your agent
Set up assafelovic/gpt-researcher locally: clone it, install with `pip install -r requirements.txt`, start it with `python -m uvicorn main:app --reload`, and run a report on <my topic>.
Caveat. Reports summarize web sources automatically, so verify key claims against the cited sources before relying on them.
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