Deep Research Agents: A Systematic Examination And Roadmap
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An arXiv survey (submitted Jun 2025, revised Sep 2025) that formally examines 'Deep Research' (DR) agents as a distinct category of autonomous AI systems combining dynamic reasoning, long-horizon planning, multi-hop retrieval, iterative tool use, and structured report generation. It contrasts API-based retrieval with browser-based exploration, reviews tool-use frameworks including MCP integration, proposes a taxonomy of static vs. dynamic workflows and single- vs. multi-agent architectures, and critiques current benchmarks for restricted external-knowledge access, sequential-execution inefficiency, and metrics misaligned with DR agents' actual objectives.
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arXiv:2506.18096 [cs.AI] — Submitted 22 Jun 2025 (v1), last revised 3 Sep 2025 (v2)
Authors: Yuxuan Huang, Yihang Chen, Haozheng Zhang, Kang Li, Huichi Zhou, Meng Fang, Linyi Yang, Xiaoguang Li, Lifeng Shang, Songcen Xu, Jianye Hao, Kun Shao, Jun Wang
The rapid progress of Large Language Models (LLMs) has given rise to a new category of autonomous AI systems, referred to as Deep Research (DR) agents. These agents are designed to tackle complex, multi-turn informational research tasks by leveraging a combination of dynamic reasoning, adaptive long-horizon planning, multi-hop information retrieval, iterative tool use, and the generation of structured analytical reports.
In this paper, we conduct…
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