Agentic Research Agent (DeepLearning.AI)

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Overview

The Reflective Research Agent is a FastAPI-based service that orchestrates multi-step research workflows using AI agents. It features:

• Planning Agent: Breaks down research tasks into executable steps
• Tool-Using Agents: Research, writer, and editor agents with access to Tavily search, arXiv papers, and Wikipedia
• State Management: Postgres database tracks task state, progress, and results
• Single Container: All-in-one Docker image with Postgres + FastAPI
• Live Progress: Real-time status updates for long-running research tasks

The service exposes a web UI and REST API for kicking off research workflows, monitoring progress, and retrieving final reports.

Installation

Prerequisites