Deep Research MCP

Deep Research MCP

u14app

Performs multi-step web searches and uses AI models to generate comprehensive research reports in minutes. Processes and stores all data locally for privacy.

Use any LLM for deep research. Performs multi-step web search, content analysis, and synthesis for comprehensive research reports. Supports SSE API and MCP server. 4,500+ GitHub stars.

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What it does

  • Generate comprehensive research reports from web searches
  • Perform multi-step content analysis and synthesis
  • Use multiple AI models for research tasks
  • Search and analyze web content automatically
  • Create detailed reports with citations and sources

Best for

Researchers needing comprehensive topic analysisContent creators gathering background informationStudents working on research projectsAnalysts preparing market or competitive intelligence
Local data processing for privacy4,500+ GitHub starsWorks with any LLM

About Deep Research MCP

Deep Research MCP is a community-built MCP server published by u14app that provides AI assistants with tools and capabilities via the Model Context Protocol. Deep Research MCP — an AI research assistant and LLM research tool for multi-step web search, content analysis, and synt It is categorized under search web, ai ml.

How to install

You can install Deep Research MCP in your AI client of choice. Use the install panel on this page to get one-click setup for Cursor, Claude Desktop, VS Code, and other MCP-compatible clients. This server runs locally on your machine via the stdio transport.

License

Deep Research MCP is released under the MIT license. This is a permissive open-source license, meaning you can freely use, modify, and distribute the software.

Deep Research

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Lightning-Fast Deep Research Report

Deep Research uses a variety of powerful AI models to generate in-depth research reports in just a few minutes. It leverages advanced "Thinking" and "Task" models, combined with an internet connection, to provide fast and insightful analysis on a variety of topics. Your privacy is paramount - all data is processed and stored locally.

✨ Features

  • Rapid Deep Research: Generates comprehensive research reports in about 2 minutes, significantly accelerating your research process.
  • Multi-platform Support: Supports rapid deployment to Vercel, Cloudflare and other platforms.
  • Powered by AI: Utilizes the advanced AI models for accurate and insightful analysis.
  • Privacy-Focused: Your data remains private and secure, as all data is stored locally on your browser.
  • Support for Multi-LLM: Supports a variety of mainstream large language models, including Gemini, OpenAI, Anthropic, Deepseek, Grok, Mistral, Azure OpenAI, any OpenAI Compatible LLMs, OpenRouter, Ollama, etc.
  • Support Web Search: Supports search engines such as Searxng, Tavily, Firecrawl, Exa, Bocha, Brave, etc., allowing LLMs that do not support search to use the web search function more conveniently.
  • Thinking & Task Models: Employs sophisticated "Thinking" and "Task" models to balance depth and speed, ensuring high-quality results quickly. Support switching research models.
  • Support Further Research: You can refine or adjust the research content at any stage of the project and support re-research from that stage.
  • Local Knowledge Base: Supports uploading and processing text, Office, PDF and other resource files to generate local knowledge base.
  • Artifact: Supports editing of research content, with two editing modes: WYSIWYM and Markdown. It is possible to adjust the reading level, article length and full text translation.
  • Knowledge Graph: It supports one-click generation of knowledge graph, allowing you to have a systematic understanding of the report content.
  • Research History: Support preservation of research history, you can review previous research results at any time and conduct in-depth research again.
  • Local & Server API Support: Offers flexibility with both local and server-side API calling options to suit your needs.
  • Support for SaaS and MCP: You can use this project as a deep research service (SaaS) through the SSE API, or use it in other AI services through MCP service.
  • Support PWA: With Progressive Web App (PWA) technology, you can use the project like a software.
  • Support Multi-Key payload: Support Multi-Key payload to improve API response efficiency.
  • Multi-language Support: English, 简体中文, Español.
  • Built with Modern Technologies: Developed using Next.js 15 and Shadcn UI, ensuring a modern, performant, and visually appealing user experience.
  • MIT Licensed: Open-source and freely available for personal and commercial use under the MIT License.

🎯 Roadmap

  • Support preservation of research history
  • Support editing final report and search results
  • Support for other LLM models
  • Support file upload and local knowledge base
  • Support SSE API and MCP server

🚀 Getting Started

Use Free Gemini (recommend)

  1. Get Gemini API Key

  2. One-click deployment of the project, you can choose to deploy to Vercel or Cloudflare

    Deploy with Vercel

    Currently the project supports deployment to Cloudflare, but you need to follow How to deploy to Cloudflare Pages to do it.

  3. Start using

Use Other LLM

  1. Deploy the project to Vercel or Cloudflare
  2. Set the LLM API key
  3. Set the LLM API base URL (optional)
  4. Start using

⌨️ Development

Follow these steps to get Deep Research up and running on your local browser.

Prerequisites

Installation

  1. Clone the repository:

    git clone https://github.com/u14app/deep-research.git
    cd deep-research
    
  2. Install dependencies:

    pnpm install  # or npm install or yarn install
    
  3. Set up Environment Variables:

    You need to modify the file env.tpl to .env, or create a .env file and write the variables to this file.

    # For Development
    cp env.tpl .env.local
    # For Production
    cp env.tpl .env
    
  4. Run the development server:

    pnpm dev  # or npm run dev or yarn dev
    

    Open your browser and visit http://localhost:3000 to access Deep Research.

Custom Model List

The project allow custom model list, but only works in proxy mode. Please add an environment variable named NEXT_PUBLIC_MODEL_LIST in the .env file or environment variables page.

Custom model lists use , to separate multiple models. If you want to disable a model, use the - symbol followed by the model name, i.e. -existing-model-name. To only allow the specified model to be available, use -all,+new-model-name.

🚢 Deployment

Vercel

Deploy with Vercel

Cloudflare

Currently the project supports deployment to Cloudflare, but you need to follow How to deploy to Cloudflare Pages to do it.

Docker

The Docker version needs to be 20 or above, otherwise it will prompt that the image cannot be found.

⚠️ Note: Most of the time, the docker version will lag behind the latest version by 1 to 2 days, so the "update exists" prompt will continue to appear after deployment, which is normal.

docker pull xiangfa/deep-research:latest
docker run -d --name deep-research -p 3333:3000 xiangfa/deep-research

You can also specify additional environment variables:

docker run -d --name deep-research \
   -p 3333:3000 \
   -e ACCESS_PASSWORD=your-password \
   -e GOOGLE_GENERATIVE_AI_API_KEY=AIzaSy... \
   xiangfa/deep-research

or build your own docker image:

docker build -t deep-research .
docker run -d --name deep-research -p 3333:3000 deep-research

If you need to specify other environment variables, please add -e key=value to the above command to specify it.

Deploy using docker-compose.yml:

version: '3.9'
services:
   deep-research:
      image: xiangfa/deep-research
      container_name: deep-research
      environment:
         - ACCESS_PASSWORD=your-password
         - GOOGLE_GENERATIVE_AI_API_KEY=AIzaSy...
      ports:
         - 3333:3000

or build your own docker compose:

docker compose -f docker-compose.yml build

Static Deployment

You can also build a static page version directly, and then upload all files in the out directory to any website service that supports static pages, such as Github Page, Cloudflare, Vercel, etc..

pnpm build:export

⚙️ Configuration

As mentioned in the "Getting Started" section, Deep Research utilizes the following environment variables for server-side API configurations:

Please refer to the file env.tpl for all available environment variables.

Important Notes on Environment Variables:

  • Privacy Reminder: These environment variables are primarily used for server-side API calls. When using the local API mode, no API keys or server-side configurations are needed, further enhancing your privacy.

  • Multi-key Support: Supports multiple keys, each key is separated by ,, i.e. key1,key2,key3.

  • Security Setting: By setting ACCESS_PASSWORD, you can better protect the security of the server API.

  • Make variables effective: After adding or modifying this environment variable, please redeploy the project for the changes to take effect.

📄 API documentation

Currently the project supports two form


README truncated. View full README on GitHub.

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