I’ve created a few reports using Deep Research and I’m wondering if there’s a way to download them as pdf, rtf and/or MS Word files. Right now I can only share them by sending people the link, and can’t edit them at all as far as I can tell.
Thanks for creating a powerful research tool and making it available for a very affordable price.
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Hi Sean. I just used Deep Research for the first time yesterday, to create an in-depth market analysis. The market is broadband Internet services to multifamily properties (apartment buildings & complexes, mainly) in rural communities. Although the report was very thorough and accurate, there were two outcomes I was not satisfied with.
First, because I never used it before, I was expecting (hoping) that I could supplement my prompt with uploaded documents containing non-public information. But as I was unable to do so, the report was incomplete because it was missing that source of information.
Second, the generated cover image and the title overlaid on the image were both incongruent with the subject of the report. The image was a bunch of single-family homes in a rural setting, and the title was too broad (“Rural Broadband”). I would have to edit the HTML to replace that image if I wanted to send the report to anyone.
So this leads to two feature requests for Deep Research:
- In the user-input section, it should ask whether the user has supplemental data to upload for further context. Multiple files would be helpful, if possible.
- Can there be a feedback loop option to approve or amend the cover image, before publishing? Or maybe a post-publishing edit function for that, which would either ask for an uploaded image or a text-to-image prompt to generate a new image.
Thanks!
Other than these observations and requests, I am extremely impressed by this agent!!
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Hi @MitchS and @Ken, thanks for your suggestions!
I just want to mention that you can already make these adjustments and tailor the Agent to your needs.
You can create a copy of the Agent by clicking the three-dot icon and choosing Make a Copy:
Once you’ve created a copy, you can edit the Agent and adjust its structure. For example:
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You can add a new User Input, like Upload File, to the Entry workflows and then reference that variable in other blocks across the Agent’s Workflows:
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You can also add a Checkpoint block right before the Generate Asset step to review or modify the content. Here’s a remix link to a sample agent that shows how you can use the Checkpoint block: https://app.mindstudio.ai/agents/edit-and-export-bf21d95b/remix
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You can download generated reports even with the default Deep Research Agent by clicking on Share → Download icon.
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You can also customize the output format to generate PDFs, Word Docs, or something else. This thread explains how to set it up for PDF:
Problems /Bugs with Deep Research Agent Output - #2 by sean
Hope this helps!
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Thanks, @Alex_MindStudio ! I’ll give that a try, and let you know how it works. Really appreciate the detailed feedback!
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I appreciate it as well Alex. Thank you.
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Ken, I will be interested in seeing how you edit the html output. I tried all I could to no avail. The Post-edit feature will be of great help sincerely. Let me know if you are able to. Thanks
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@Ken totally hoping you won’t mind sharing if / how you figure out how to tailor the final html output.
Thank you for you guidance, @Alex_MindStudio. I was able to make this work quite easily, after I understood what was going on inside the DRA. I added an output-format chooser to the DefaultEntry.flow, and created a parallel path at the end with the Generate Asset and Display Content blocks, using the output-format variable to choose the appropriate path.
One annoying problem, though - the PDF format doesn’t paginate well. Content runs right up to the top and bottom edges of the pages, and some pictures don’t render correctly. Any ideas on fixing that?
Hi @Ken,
Great to see you making such quick progress!
The pagination and margin issues are caused by the HTML and the SPA bundle used in the Generate Asset block. The default setup is optimized for rendering HTML, which is why the PDF doesn’t look quite right.
You’ll need to update the HTML and tweak the SPA bundle to format things properly for PDF output. This is a more advanced step, but it’s key to getting clean, properly formatted PDFs.
Thanks, @Alex_MindStudio! I know just enough to understand what you’re suggesting, but have no idea how to accomplish that. I’m not a Web developer or software developer, and don’t have a clue what to do with the downloaded SPA bundle, or where exactly to tweak it.
I have made a simple flow (to avoid the time and expense of repeatedly running a DRA), which exhibits the same PDF formatting issue, and it’s just using Markdown as the source type (no SPA bundle).
I have a workaround that’s functional (download the report HTML, open it in a browser, then use “print to PDF”). I was just hoping to have a more elegant solution that doesn’t require this intermediate manual step.
Thanks!
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I am quite elated at the efforts you have put into this @Ken. Quite inspiring. Just wish we could get it sorted in a much easier way.