Design a Deep Research Agent

Design an AI agent that takes a complex research question, autonomously searches the web, reads and cross-checks dozens of sources, and produces a well-structured report with proper citations.

ReActPlanningWeb ToolsCitationsLong-contextReflection

Key Requirements

Plan and execute multi-step web search queries
Manage a reading budget across dozens of sources
Cross-check and verify facts across multiple sources
Generate citations that map to real fetched content
Know when to stop researching and start writing

Interviewer Follow-ups

Q1How do you handle contradictory sources?
Q2How do you cap cost and latency for a 50-source deep dive?
Q3How do you prevent hallucinated references?

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