GPT Researcher
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An autonomous agent that conducts deep research on any data using any LLM providers
Is GPT Researcher safe? Promising trust profile, but some evidence still deserves review.
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How does it stack up against its Research & Data neighbours?
Pick any agent to compare →In detail: GPT Researcher scores 67.9/100 (Grade B), ranked #408 of 1371 tracked open-source AI agent projects, on evidence coverage A (4 of 5 independent signal types). The public evidence: no package-provenance attestation found; OSSF Scorecard rates its supply-chain practices 6.2/10; 47% of recent commits are signed; no published advisory affects its latest release (gpt-researcher); last pushed 2026-10-01. Every point is earned from checkable signals — never paid placement. How scoring works →
How GPT Researcher could raise its score
Each line changes one public signal and recomputes with the live scoring function. The gains don't add up exactly, because the score is capped near the top.
- Publish build provenance for its packagesPyPI Trusted Publishing attestations +14.3 → 82.2 A · #6 of 37
- Raise the OSSF Scorecard from 6.2 to 9.0lowest checks: CII-Best-Practices 0, Fuzzing 0, Pinned-Dependencies 0 +5.8 → 73.7 B · #6 of 37
- Sign every commit47% signed today +2.7 → 70.6 B · #7 of 37
Chain of custody
Scanners check what the code says. This traces who ships GPT Researcher and whether that has changed: from the source repository, through how changes are reviewed and released, to the package you install. These are the checks for OWASP ASI04 Agentic Supply Chain Vulnerabilities.
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Source Partly signed
github.com/assafelovic/gpt-researcher, Apache-2.0, last pushed 2026-10-01. 47% of the last 100 commits carry a verified signature; the rest can't be tied to a verified identity.
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Review and release Mixed
OpenSSF Scorecard rates the repository's practices 6.2/10 (scanned Aug 18, 2026, refresh pending). The checks that decide who can get a change released:
- Code Review1
- Branch Protection6
- Signed Releasesn/a
- Dangerous Workflow10
- Token Permissions0
- Pinned Dependencies0
All 18 Scorecard checks
Binary-Artifacts 10Branch-Protection 6CI-Tests 8CII-Best-Practices 0Code-Review 1Contributors 10Dangerous-Workflow 10Dependency-Update-Tool 10Fuzzing 0License 10Maintained 10Packaging -1Pinned-Dependencies 0SAST 0Security-Policy 10Signed-Releases -1Token-Permissions 0Vulnerabilities 10 -
Published packages Not linked
- PyPI gpt-researcher Source link isn't a GitHub repo No build attestation
Without a build attestation, nothing proves the published files were built from this repository.
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What you install today No known advisories
Latest release checked: gpt-researcher 0.16.1. No published advisory affects it (OSV, checked 2026-10-09).
Changes to this chain
No change to package provenance, package source links, Scorecard coverage or license in HVTracker's daily snapshots of GPT Researcher.
Evidence behind this score
Coverage A: 4 of 5 independent evidence types found.
- GitHub repository data
- Package downloads
- Supply-chain checks
- Public actions (missing)
- Community mentions
Verify this score yourself
Every build re-issues GPT Researcher’s score as an Ed25519-signed credential, valid for 7 days. You can check it offline against HVTracker’s published key; if anyone changes a number after signing, verification fails.
What this score doesn’t check
It covers who ships the code, not what the code does. It doesn’t read tool descriptions or prompts for injected instructions, watch runtime behaviour, or find bugs nobody has disclosed yet. For that, run a content scanner before you connect it, such as Cisco MCP Scanner or Snyk Agent Scan.
How GPT Researcher compares in Research & Data
- #6 Feynman 72.9 +5.0
- #7 Crawl4AI 70.6 +2.7
- #8 GPT Researcher 67.9 this agent
- #9 DeerFlow 67.5 −0.4
- #10 Vibe-Trading 63.9 −4.0
Bars show each HVTrust score; the tick marks GPT Researcher’s 67.9.
Where the 67.9 comes from
HVTrust dimensions vs the Research & Data average
67.9 / 100 · 100.0% confidenceGPT Researcher Research & Data average (37 agents)
Quick Trust Read
How to read this: HVTrust (0–100) weighs supply-chain signals (provenance, OSSF Scorecard, signed commits, open license) alongside real-world adoption. Grade B reflects the trust score band: A ≥ 80, B ≥ 65, C ≥ 50, D < 50. Evidence coverage A is separate — it grades how many independent signal types back the score (4 of 5), so a high score on thin evidence stays visible. Full methodology →
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Analysis
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91.7 / 100Common questions about GPT Researcher
Does GPT Researcher publish package provenance?
Does GPT Researcher have an OpenSSF Scorecard?
Is GPT Researcher actively maintained?
What license does GPT Researcher use?
Are GPT Researcher's commits signed?
Not a safety endorsement. HVTracker describes what public signals show, not whether a project is safe for your use case. Run your own security review before adopting in production.
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AI agent surface
MCP, providers, tool surface
These runtime-trust fields — detected from public repo docs and manifests — contribute a bounded adjustment to this project's HVTrust score alongside supply-chain evidence. The exact values each field can add or subtract are documented in the methodology → Compare this surface across every listed agent in the capability matrix →
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- MCP signal live
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- Tool / plugin surface live
- Package provenance drift live
Detected changes to GPT Researcher's runtime surface and supply-chain posture, from daily public-signal snapshots. A change here means our detectors see something different — a genuinely changed capability, or better evidence of an existing one.
Maintain GPT Researcher?
For maintainers
HVTrust scores GPT Researcher from public signals only — we never contact maintainers first. If a signal is wrong, stale, or missing (provenance you publish, a Scorecard you run, signed releases), tell us and we'll review it. Corrections are public and tracked on GitHub.
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