This post introduces Scout, an MIT open-source, self-hosted deep-research agent that uses Claude Code to automate turning a GitHub Issue into cited markdown research. It highlights design decisions enabling a unique research loop for capturing ideas on the go and processing them at a desk.
This content highlights the importance of an LLM-decoupled research architecture, where the research tool is separate from the LLM responsible for planning and reasoning. This approach offers practical benefits such as flexible model choice and significantly improved debugging by isolating the source of errors.
SciAtlas is a large-scale, multi-disciplinary knowledge graph designed to tackle the information explosion in academic output. Integrating millions of papers and billions of entities, it provides a structured network for automated scientific research and deep interdisciplinary integration.