Consensus Deep Search
Consensus Deep Search is a standalone vertical AI agent from Consensus. A research agent that plans a literature search across about 200 million papers and writes a cited review of the top 50. Nearfi's Agent Index rates its autonomy 4/5 (multi-step on its own): it breaks a question into a search plan, runs up to 20 searches and returns a cited report with no step approval; it is not 5 because it runs only when asked, and not 3 because the user doesn't approve each step. Status: live; 0 incident(s) logged.
By Consensus · launched 2025-07 · last checked 2026-11-04
Why 4: it breaks a question into a search plan, runs up to 20 searches and returns a cited report with no step approval; it is not 5 because it runs only when asked, and not 3 because the user doesn't approve each step.
What it does. Consensus says Deep Search breaks your question into a multi-step plan, runs up to 20 targeted searches, reviews over 1,000 papers and reports on the top 50, with a consensus meter, key authors, claims and research gaps. An independent university-library review describes it as built on a planning agent, a search agent and a reading agent developed with OpenAI, and typically finishing in under 10 minutes.
Where it falls short. The index relies mainly on open sources, so full text is mostly limited to open-access papers. The SMU librarian found it hard to trace citations to the exact passage used, said AI-generated filters can be inaccurate, and warned that real sources can still be summarised incorrectly. The launch post carries conflicting dates.
What it can do
Incidents
- None logged.
Closest fiction
Contact — A machine that reads everything so a person can ask one good question.
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History
- 2026-11-04 Added to the index.
Sources
- Introducing: Consensus Deep Search Consensus, 2025-07-09
- Access to Consensus Pro SMU Libraries, 2025-11-06
← All agents in the index · Autonomy is rated on what the product does today, on a 1–5 scale. Every fact links to a source.