Available Open Source Deep Research

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Available Open Source Deep Research

GL Open DeepResearch exposes multiple open-source deep research engines through one service. You choose which engine and configuration by profile name in every request. For profile management and defaults, see Research Profiles. This page lists the providers (Tongyi, GPT-Researcher) and links to their detailed docs.

Open Source Deep Research Overview

Provider	Profile name(s)	Status	Description
Tongyi	INTERNAL	Active	Tongyi Deep Research agent via OpenRouter with Smart Search integration; multi-turn ReAct.
GPT-Researcher	ESSENTIAL, COMPREHENSIVE	Active	GPT-Researcher with Smart Search; quick or deep research reports.

Documentation

• Tongyi Deep Research — Tongyi provider: setup, params, monitored sources.

• GPT-Researcher — GPT-Researcher provider: setup, params, patches, monitored sources.

Quick Reference

Tongyi Provider

Key features: Iterative multi-turn ReAct agent, Smart Search SDK integration, custom tool system, evidence-backed responses.

Environment variables (for Tongyi-backed profiles):

MODEL_NAME=Alibaba-NLP/Tongyi-DeepResearch-30B-A3B
OPENROUTER_API_KEY=your-openrouter-api-key
LLM_BASE_URL=https://your-vllm-base-url
LLM_API_KEY=your-vllm-api-key
SMART_SEARCH_BASE_URL=https://your-smart-search-url
SMART_SEARCH_IDENTIFIER=your-smart-search-identifier
SMART_SEARCH_SECRET=your-smart-search-secret

Example (use profile INTERNAL):

from gl_odr_sdk import DeepResearchClient

client = DeepResearchClient()
taskgroup = client.taskgroups.create(
    query="Your question",
    profile="INTERNAL",
)

GPT-Researcher Provider

Key features: Automated research workflow, Smart Search SDK integration, report generation, citation support.

Environment variables (for GPT-Researcher-backed profiles):

OPENAI_API_KEY=your-openai-api-key
SMART_SEARCH_BASE_URL=https://your-smart-search-url
SMART_SEARCH_IDENTIFIER=your-smart-search-identifier
SMART_SEARCH_SECRET=your-smart-search-secret

Example (use profile ESSENTIAL or COMPREHENSIVE):

from gl_odr_sdk import DeepResearchClient

client = DeepResearchClient()
taskgroup = client.taskgroups.create(
    query="Your question",
    profile="ESSENTIAL",
)

Every research request must include a profile name. The profile selects the provider and parameters. To list, create, or manage profiles, see Research Profiles.