# STORM

> AI knowledge curation system generating cited Wikipedia-style long-form reports from search.

STORM is an open-source research engine developed by Stanford University that automates the pre-writing and synthesis phases of long-form reports. It discovers topic perspectives, simulates expert-to-writer conversations grounded in search results, and writes structured, fully cited Wikipedia-style articles. Its collaborative variant, Co-STORM, allows human writers to guide the research discourse alongside AI agents.

Website: https://github.com/stanford-oval/storm

## What it is for

- Draft comprehensive Wikipedia-style overview articles with full reference citations
- Automate background research and topic exploration during the pre-writing stage
- Collaborate with AI agents using interactive mind maps to direct research topics
- Ground deep-dive research reports on private documents using custom vector databases

## Features

- Perspective-guided question asking based on similar topic patterns
- Simulated multi-turn conversations between agent experts and topic writers
- Automatic hierarchical outline generation and multi-section article drafting
- Integrated reference tracking with inline academic-style citations
- Support for multiple search engines (Bing, You, DuckDuckGo, Brave, Serper, Tavily)
- Document grounding using VectorRM alongside live web retrieval
- LiteLLM compatibility for swapping model providers across different workflow stages
- Streamlit-based lightweight demo interface for local development

## Pricing

Open source. Free and open-source (MIT license); requires user-supplied LLM and search API keys

## Details

- Type: GitHub repo
- Category: [AI](https://xiry.app/topics/ai.md)
- Open source: yes
- Platforms: Code library, Command line, Web, Self-hosted
- For: Researchers, writers, Wikipedia editors, and developers building automated research workflows.
- Alternative to: Perplexity, Consensus
- Tags: research, llm, wikipedia, citations, multi agent, stanford

## Why it was saved

- [@theaisurfer, 16 September 2024](https://www.instagram.com/reel/C_9XCaCSF-B/): Automates the labor-intensive knowledge curation and pre-writing stages of research, creating structured outlines and detailed referenced articles in minutes.

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Updated 3 October 2026. Page: https://xiry.app/resources/storm

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