From 8295aa7b37edf4aef0b39e95bd5bd5f8a592213f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Taqi Jaffri <tjaffri@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2025 17:11:19 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] devcontainer

---
 .devcontainer/devcontainer.json | 14 ++++++++++++++
 README.md                       |  4 ++++
 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .devcontainer/devcontainer.json

diff --git a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9d632a4c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{
+    "name": "Open Deep Research Dev Container",
+    "image": "mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/python:3.11",
+    "features": {},
+    "postCreateCommand": "curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh && uv sync",
+    "customizations": {
+        "vscode": {
+            "extensions": [
+                "ms-python.python",
+                "ms-toolsai.jupyter"
+            ]
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 5bfa38ac..4f8bbbae 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -132,6 +132,10 @@ You can also deploy your own instance of OAP, and make your own custom agents (l
 1. [Deploy Open Agent Platform](https://docs.oap.langchain.com/quickstart)
 2. [Add Deep Researcher to OAP](https://docs.oap.langchain.com/setup/agents)
 
+#### Dev Container
+
+This repo includes a [Dev Container](https://containers.dev/) setup so you can run it instantly in the browser with [GitHub Codespaces](https://github.com/features/codespaces), or locally in VS Code with the Dev Containers extension. This ensures a consistent environment with all dependencies pre-installed.
+
 ### Legacy Implementations 🏛️
 
 The `src/legacy/` folder contains two earlier implementations that provide alternative approaches to automated research. They are less performant than the current implementation, but provide alternative ideas understanding the different approaches to deep research.

From 1907a02b41fedc1f62ef8ed7309532b49c39b2a4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Taqi Jaffri <tjaffri@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2025 17:20:19 +0000
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Add git lfs to devcontainer

---
 .devcontainer/devcontainer.json | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
index 9d632a4c..2983e988 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
+++ b/.devcontainer/devcontainer.json
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 {
     "name": "Open Deep Research Dev Container",
     "image": "mcr.microsoft.com/devcontainers/python:3.11",
-    "features": {},
+    "features": {
+        "ghcr.io/devcontainers/features/git-lfs:1": {}
+    },
     "postCreateCommand": "curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh && uv sync",
     "customizations": {
         "vscode": {