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10 Repos That Turn Claude Code Into a Research Team (STORM, GPT Researcher, Hyperresearch and More)

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TL;DR

These 10 free repos turn Claude Code into a research team. Some are full research agents (STORM from Stanford, GPT Researcher, Tongyi DeepResearch from Alibaba, Deep Research), some plug research into Claude Code directly (Hyperresearch, Deep Research Skills, Deepdive), two give Claude web search (Firecrawl MCP, Exa MCP) and Vane is your own self-hosted answer engine. Firecrawl and Exa need API keys, and Tongyi needs a 30B model. Each section has the GitHub link, live star count and install line.

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10 repos that turn Claude Code into a research team

Star counts below were pulled from the GitHub API on October 4, 2026, so they will be higher by the time you read this. Every install line is copied from the repo README unless we say otherwise.

Two of these come from big research groups: STORM is from the Stanford Open Virtual Assistant Lab (stanford-oval on GitHub), and Tongyi DeepResearch is from Alibaba-NLP. Some need an API key or serious hardware, and each one that does is flagged below.

1. Vane: open source AI answer engine (formerly Perplexica)

ItzCrazyKns/Vane

37,000 stars on October 4, 2026. MIT license.

What it does: Open source AI answer engine (formerly Perplexica). Your own Perplexity-style search, self-hosted.

How to install it:

bashdocker run -d -p 3000:3000 -v vane-data:/home/vane/data --name vane itzcrazykns1337/vane:latest

2. STORM: Stanford's AI that researches and writes a cited report

stanford-oval/storm

31,566 stars on October 4, 2026. MIT license.

What it does: Stanford's AI that researches and writes a cited report. Turns a topic into a Wikipedia-style article with sources.

How to install it:

bashpip install knowledge-storm

3. GPT Researcher: an autonomous agent for deep research on anything

assafelovic/gpt-researcher

29,899 stars on October 4, 2026. Apache 2.0 license.

What it does: An autonomous agent for deep research on anything. Plans, searches dozens of sources and writes the report.

How to install it:

bashnpx skills add assafelovic/gpt-researcher

Or pip install gpt-researcher.

4. Tongyi DeepResearch: Alibaba's open source deep research agent

Alibaba-NLP/DeepResearch

20,003 stars on October 4, 2026. Apache 2.0 license.

What it does: Alibaba's open source deep research agent. A research model and agent you can run yourself.

How to install it:

bashgit clone https://github.com/Alibaba-NLP/DeepResearch && pip install -r requirements.txt

5. Deep Research: a tiny deep research agent you can read in one sitting

dzhng/deep-research

19,752 stars on October 4, 2026. MIT license.

What it does: A tiny deep research agent you can read in one sitting. Searches, digs deeper and writes the report.

How to install it:

bashgit clone https://github.com/dzhng/deep-research && npm install

6. Firecrawl MCP: scrape and search the web from Claude

firecrawl/firecrawl-mcp-server

7,547 stars on October 4, 2026. MIT license.

What it does: Scrape and search the web from Claude. Clean page content for Claude in one call.

How to install it:

bashnpx -y firecrawl-mcp

7. Exa MCP: AI-native web search for Claude

exa-labs/exa-mcp-server

5,075 stars on October 4, 2026. MIT license.

What it does: AI-native web search for Claude. Search by meaning, not just keywords.

How to install it:

bashclaude plugin install exa@claude-plugins-official

8. Hyperresearch: turns Claude Code into a deep research agent

jordan-gibbs/hyperresearch

3,763 stars on October 4, 2026. MIT license.

What it does: Turns Claude Code into a deep research agent. Collects, searches and synthesizes sources inside Claude Code.

How to install it:

prompt/plugin marketplace add jordan-gibbs/hyperresearch
/plugin install hyperresearch@hyperresearch

9. Deep Research Skills: a structured deep research skill with you in the loop

Weizhena/Deep-Research-skills

2,292 stars on October 4, 2026. MIT license.

What it does: A structured deep research skill with you in the loop. You approve the plan before it goes deep.

How to install it:

bashgit clone https://github.com/Weizhena/deep-research-skills.git

Then follow the README to copy the skill.

10. Deepdive: a 12-phase research pipeline skill for Claude Code

Socialpranker/deepdive

372 stars on October 4, 2026. MIT license.

What it does: A 12-phase research pipeline skill for Claude Code. Parallel sub-agents and a claims ledger that cross-checks sources.

How to install it:

bashgit clone https://github.com/Socialpranker/deepdive.git ~/.claude/skills/deepdive

Quick start

  1. 1Inside Claude Code, start with Hyperresearch or GPT Researcher's skill.
  2. 2Add Firecrawl MCP or Exa MCP so Claude can search and read the web.
  3. 3Try STORM when you want a full cited report on one topic.
  4. 4Always check the sources before you use a report.
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Common questions

  • Are these 10 repos free?

    Yes, all 10 are free and open source. Firecrawl MCP needs a Firecrawl API key (free tier, then paid) and Exa MCP needs an Exa API key for heavier use.

  • Can I run all of them on a laptop?

    Most of them, yes. Tongyi DeepResearch runs a 30B-parameter model, so it needs much stronger hardware.

  • Which ones work inside Claude Code?

    Hyperresearch installs as a Claude Code plugin, GPT Researcher has a skills install, Deep Research Skills and Deepdive are skills, and Firecrawl MCP and Exa MCP connect as tools. The others run as their own apps.

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