# Odysseus Deep Research **Deep Research is [[Odysseus (AI)|Odysseus]]'s multi-step research agent: it gathers sources, reads them, synthesizes, and produces a cited report, all from one prompt.** Not a single web search; a workflow. The loop it runs: plan the question, gather sources from the web, actually read them (not just snippet-skim), synthesize across them, and generate a report with citations back to the sources. That last part matters. The output is meant to be auditable, not a confident summary you can't trace. Because Odysseus is local-first, this can run against models served by the [[Odysseus Cookbook]], so the research workflow doesn't have to leave your hardware. ## Related - [[Odysseus (AI)]] - [[Odysseus Cookbook]] - [[AI Retrieval Patterns]]