Intelligent Research Assistant CLI

An autonomous CLI tool for conducting comprehensive research, built with React/Ink for terminal UIs.

Features

• Web search and source management
• Document analysis and synthesis
• Structured report generation with citations
• Interactive TUI mode
• Checkpoint-based research workflow

Install

$ npm install --global @andrewusher/research-cli

Usage

# Start a new research session
$ research-cli research "quantum computing"

# List past research sessions
$ research-cli list

# View a specific report
$ research-cli show <report-id>

# Launch interactive mode
$ research-cli --interactive

Commands

• research <topic> - Start a new research session
• list - Show past research sessions
• show <id> - View a specific research report
• config - Manage configuration settings

Configuration

Configuration is stored in ~/.research-cli/config.yaml:

depth: medium
citation_style: APA
autonomy: full

Tech Stack

• TypeScript
• React/Ink v4
• Node.js 20+

Development

# Install dependencies
$ npm install

# Run in development mode
$ npm run dev

# Build
$ npm run build

# Run tests
$ npm test

License

MIT