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Local Documents

Just Local Docs

You can instruct the GPT Researcher to run research tasks based on your local documents. Currently supported file formats are: PDF, plain text, CSV, Excel, Markdown, PowerPoint, and Word documents.

Step 1: Add the env variable DOC_PATH pointing to the folder where your documents are located.

export DOC_PATH="./my-docs"

Step 2:

  • If you're running the frontend app on localhost:8000, simply select "My Documents" from the "Report Source" Dropdown Options.
  • If you're running GPT Researcher with the PIP package, pass the report_source argument as "local" when you instantiate the GPTResearcher class code sample here.

Local Docs + Web (Hybrid)

GPT Researcher hybrid research

Check out the blog post on Hybrid Research to learn more about how to combine local documents with web research.