Self-hosted alternatives to deep-research
5 self-hosted AI Skills apps to use instead, best rated first.
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claude-to-deerflow
Getclaude-to-deerflow is an agent skill that lets an assistant send messages and questions to a running DeerFlow instance through its HTTP API. DeerFlow is an AI agent platform built on LangGraph that orchestrates sub-agents for research, code
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open-notebook
Getopen-notebook is an agent skill for organising research with Open Notebook, a self-hosted alternative to NotebookLM. It arranges sources, notes and AI conversations into research notebooks. Sources can be PDFs, web pages, audio, video and O
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Reactive Resume
GetReactive Resume is a free and open-source resume builder for writing resumes and cover letters, checking the work, and tracking job applications. You create a free account, import an existing resume or start from scratch, and see the finish
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self-hosted-funnel-launch
GetSelf-hosted funnel launch is an agent skill that takes a funnel from an empty install to published on infrastructure you control, using the Autonnel funnel builder, which is licensed Apache-2.0. The result covers a landing page, checkout, a
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get-convex/convex-backend
GetConvex is an open-source reactive database for web app developers. It combines a database, a place to write server functions in pure TypeScript, and client libraries that keep the app's data live, so screens update as the data changes. Beca
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About deep-research

deep-research
Universal deep research agent team
Deep Research is a universal academic research agent team. It is a domain-agnostic pipeline of thirteen agents for rigorous research on any topic, rather than a tool tied to one field. The skill offers eight modes, starting with a full research run, a quick brief and a paper review, and the skill lists its remaining modes. Its report compiler writes the executive summary and synthesis, and it applies a style profile from the academic paper skill when one is available, treating discipline conventions and report objectivity as the priority. The compiler uses the writing quality check as a diagnostic before it finalises a report, and it flags any claim that the cited sources do not support as a material gap, rather than hedging it. Use it when you need a sourced, evidence-based overview of a topic, a quick brief, or a critical reading of a paper. It follows the same routing rules as the other academic skills in the repository, including an escape hatch for messages that begin with a direct-mode token and clarifying questions when cross-phase materials are supplied. It is published in the imbad0202/academic-research-skills repository on GitHub, and the listing shows it as free.
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- Free
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- imbad0202
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- AI Skills
- Website
- github.com/imbad0202/academic-research-skills/deep-research