Update utils.py

utils.py

@@ -541,6 +541,9 @@ def run_research_agent(
             print("[LOG] Could not retrieve content from any search results. Exiting.")
             return "Could not retrieve content from any of the search results."
 
+        # Step 2.5: Input Sanitization - Remove any chain-of-thought markers from the scraped content.
+        combined_content = re.sub(r"<think>.*?</think>", "", combined_content, flags=re.DOTALL)
+
         # Step 3: Truncate to 12k tokens total
         print("[LOG] Step 3: Truncating combined text to 12,000 tokens if needed.")
         combined_content = truncate_text_tokens(combined_content, max_tokens=12000)
@@ -588,7 +591,7 @@ include key data points and context:
 
         final_prompt = f"""
 IMPORTANT: Do NOT include chain-of-thought or hidden planning. 
-Produce a long, academic-style research paper with the following structure:
+Produce a long, academic-style research report with the following structure:
 - Title Page (concise descriptive title)
 - Table of Contents
 - Executive Summary