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Open-source deep research agent by Alibaba for scholarly research

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# Tongyi Deep Research Guide

## Overview

Tongyi DeepResearch is an open-source deep research agent developed by Alibaba's NLP team, with over 18,000 stars on GitHub. It implements an agentic research pipeline that iteratively searches, reads, reasons, and synthesizes information to produce comprehensive research reports. The system is designed to handle complex, multi-faceted research questions that require gathering evidence from multiple sources and reasoning across diverse information.

Unlike simpler RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) systems that perform a single search-and-answer cycle, DeepResearch uses an iterative approach where the agent dynamically decides what to search next based on what it has already found. This makes it particularly effective for research questions that require building up understanding incrementally, following citation chains, or exploring multiple angles of a topic.

The project is notable for being one of the leading open-source alternatives to proprietary deep research tools. It supports multiple LLM backends, various search APIs, and can be customized for domain-specific research needs. For academic researchers, it offers a transparent and modifiable research pipeline where every step can be inspected, reproduced, and adapted.

## Installation and Setup

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