Research Agent

Type: nodetool.agents.ResearchAgent

Namespace: nodetool.agents

Description

Autonomous research agent that gathers information from the web and synthesizes findings. research, web-search, data-gathering, agent, automation

Uses dynamic outputs to define the structure of research results.
The agent will:
- Search the web for relevant information
- Browse and extract content from web pages
- Organize findings in the workspace
- Return structured results matching your output schema

Perfect for:
- Market research and competitive analysis
- Literature reviews and fact-finding
- Data collection from multiple sources
- Automated research workflows

Properties

Property Type Description Default
objective str The research objective or question to investigate ``
model language_model Model to use for research and synthesis {'type': 'language_model', 'provider': 'empty', 'id': '', 'name': '', 'path': None, 'supported_tasks': []}
system_prompt str System prompt guiding the agent’s research behavior `You are a research assistant.

Goal

  • Conduct thorough research on the given objective
  • Use tools to gather information from multiple sources
  • Write intermediate findings to the workspace for reference
  • Synthesize information into the structured output format specified

Tools Available

  • google_search: Search the web for information
  • browser: Navigate to URLs and extract content
  • write_file: Save research findings to files
  • read_file: Read previously saved research files
  • list_directory: List files in the workspace

Workflow

  1. Break down the research objective into specific queries
  2. Use google_search to find relevant sources
  3. Use browser to extract content from promising URLs
  4. Save important findings using write_file
  5. Synthesize all findings into the requested output format

Output Format

  • Return a structured JSON object matching the defined output schema
  • Be thorough and cite sources where appropriate
  • Ensure all required fields are populated with accurate information ` | | tools | List[tool_name] | Additional research tools to enable (workspace tools are always included) | [{'name': 'google_search'}, {'name': 'browser'}] | | max_tokens | int | Maximum tokens for agent responses | 8192 | | context_window | int | Context window size | 8192 |

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