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AI agent tools for deep research
Short answer: Our top pick for deep research: deer-flow, with the highest AgentPick Score (91/100) among tools tagged "deep-research". Runners-up: last30days-skill (88) and pipeshub-ai (77). Compare what each does, its license and how recently it was updated below.
| # | Tool | What it does | Score | Stars | License | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | deer-flow | An open-source long-horizon SuperAgent harness that researches, codes, and creates. With the help of sandboxes, memories, tools, skill, subagents and … | 91/100 | ★ 84k | MIT | 14 Oct 2026 |
| #2 | last30days-skill | AI agent skill that researches any topic across Reddit, X, YouTube, HN, Polymarket, and the web - then synthesizes a grounded summary | 88/100 | ★ 64k | MIT | 13 Oct 2026 |
| #3 | pipeshub-ai | The open-source context layer for AI agents. PipesHub turns your company's knowledge (Slack, Drive, Jira, GitHub, Microsoft 365 and 40+ connectors) in… | 77/100 | ★ 3.8k | Apache-2.0 | 14 Oct 2026 |
| #4 | hyperresearch | Convert Claude Code or Codex into the most intelligent Deep Research Agent. Collect, search, and synthesize web research into a persistent, searchable… | 73/100 | ★ 3.9k | MIT | 10 Oct 2026 |
| #5 | pydantic-deepagents | Open-source, self-hosted Claude Code - a terminal AI assistant and the Python framework behind it. Tool-calling, sandboxed execution, multi-agent team… | 64/100 | ★ 1.1k | MIT | 6 Oct 2026 |
| #6 | research-toolkit | Research methods, workflow tools, and independent review for AI agents, packaged as a Skill, plugin, and local MCP server. | 60/100 | ★ 230 | MIT | 14 Oct 2026 |
| #7 | deep-research-web-ui | AI deep-research agent that turns any question into a cited report: plans searches, reads real sources, verifies evidence. Self-hosted, multi-provider… | 59/100 | ★ 2.2k | See repo | 9 Oct 2026 |
| #8 | Sidekick | A native macOS app that allows users to chat with a local LLM that can respond with information from files, folders and websites on your Mac without i… | 47/100 | ★ 3.3k | MIT | 30 Sept 2026 |
| #9 | browser-search | A skill for AI agents: search the web with SearXNG, browse with Camofox, bypass protections with CloakBrowser. Anti-hallucination by design. Self-host… | 47/100 | ★ 532 | MIT | 2 Sept 2026 |
| #10 | ClaudeSkills | 13 curated Agent Skills for research, product decisions, decks, publishing, audits, and more — portable across skills-compatible agents. | 46/100 | ★ 727 | MIT | 13 Aug 2026 |
| #11 | MiroThinker | MiroThinker is a deep research agent optimized for complex research and prediction tasks. Our latest models, MiroThinker-1.7, achieves 74.0 and 75.3 o… | 41/100 | ★ 8.4k | Apache-2.0 | 6 Jul 2026 |
| #12 | deep-research | Use any LLMs (Large Language Models) for Deep Research. Support SSE API and MCP server. | 40/100 | ★ 4.7k | MIT | 18 Jun 2026 |
| #13 | codex-slides | 🎨 Open-source AI slide studio inside Codex: image-native decks, every slide a full visual canvas. ⚡ 10+ high-quality slides in ~4–5 minutes — Fast mo… | 39/100 | ★ 938 | MIT | 21 Jul 2026 |
| #14 | MiroFlow | 🏆 Top-1 on 5+ benchmarks | Web UI | Supports MiroThinker, Claude, Kimi, OpenAI | 36/100 | ★ 3.1k | Apache-2.0 | 6 Jul 2026 |
| #15 | WriteHERE | An Open-Source AI Writing Project. | 29/100 | ★ 976 | See repo | 3 Sept 2026 |
| #16 | agents-deep-research | An implementation of iterative deep research using the OpenAI Agents SDK | 22/100 | ★ 795 | Apache-2.0 | 27 Dec 2025 |
| #17 | gptr-mcp | MCP server for enabling LLM applications to perform deep research via the MCP protocol | 20/100 | ★ 372 | MIT | 7 Nov 2025 |
Source: each project's public GitHub repository (description, stars, license, last push). Listed tools aren't tested or ranked by AgentPick.
How to choose
- Read the license before using it commercially.
- Check how recently it was updated and how active its issues are.
- Run it on a small, low-risk task first.
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