TechRecon

Your AI Reconnaissance agent

powered by 💗 aws sample-deep-insight

📝 Introduction

Project TechRecon designed to help enterprise leaders master the overwhelming pace of technological change. Addressing a packed executive audience at re:invent 2025, we're introducing a methodology that reframes technology scouting from a manual, reactive task into a dynamic, automated strategic intelligence operation. You can create Part1: Landscape Analysis, Part2: Technical Position Papers.

• Presented at re:Invent 2025
  • A leader's guide to emerging technologies: From insights to rapid action(Track SNR203)

Web Interface Screenshot

Results

Part 1: Landscape Analysis: Comprehensive scan of Emerging Technologies for your business

Part 2: Technical Position Papers

🖥️ Tech Recon Web Interface

A web application to run and monitor the Tech Recon project.

Key Features

• Real-time Log Streaming: Monitor execution progress in real-time through WebSocket
• Part1/Part2 Execution: Run processes with button clicks in the web UI
• File Download: Download generated artifact files individually or as ZIP archives
• Visual Monitoring: View execution status, log count, file count at a glance

🛠️ How to start

1️⃣ Installation

1. Install uv (First Time Only)

# Install uv (macOS/Linux)
curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh

# Or use Homebrew (macOS)
brew install uv

# Verify installation
uv --version

2. Create Virtual Environment and Install Packages

# Navigate to project directory
cd tech-recon

# Create virtual environment and install dependencies (based on pyproject.toml)
uv sync

This single command automatically installs all web-related packages including Flask.

2. Configure Environment Variables

Create a .env file in the project root directory and configure the following environment variables:

# Create .env file
cd aws-samples/sample-tech-recon/tech-recon

touch .env

cat > /tech-recon/.env << 'EOF'
COMPANY_NAME=Pfizer ### Edit here to add your company name
INDUSTRY=pharmaceutical/healthcare ### Edit here to add your industry
TAVILY_API_KEY= ### Paste your Tavily API Key
EOF

[Required] Environment Variables

AWS Configuration (Required)

# AWS Region
AWS_DEFAULT_REGION=us-west-2

# AWS Profile (optional, not needed when using IAM Role)
AWS_PROFILE=your-profile-name

AWS Authentication Methods

This project supports the following AWS authentication methods:

1. IAM Role (Recommended for SageMaker environment)

   • Set only AWS_DEFAULT_REGION in .env file
   • IAM Role automatically handles authentication

2. AWS Profile

   • Configure profile in ~/.aws/credentials
   • Set AWS_PROFILE in .env file

3. Environment Variables

   • Directly set AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID and AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY (not recommended)

Permission Requirements

Your AWS account/role must have the following permissions:

• bedrock:InvokeModel
• bedrock:InvokeModelWithResponseStream
• Other Bedrock-related read permissions

2️⃣ Start the web application

Method 1: Using Start Script (Recommended)

# Navigate to project directory
cd aws-samples/sample-tech-recon/tech-recon

# Run the start script
./start_web.sh

When the web server starts, you'll see this message:

============================================================
Tech Recon Web Application
============================================================
Server starting at: http://localhost:5000
Press Ctrl+C to stop the server
============================================================

Method 2: Manual Execution in terminal

# Navigate to project directory
cd aws-samples/sample-tech-recon

# Activate virtual environment
source uv run python main.py

If you run the code in terminal, all files will be saved in artifacts/part1 or artifacts/part2.

Web application manual

1. Access Web Browser

http://localhost:5000

Since it's running locally, access the above address in your browser.

2. Execution

1. Click Run Part1 or Run Part2(only after the part1) button
2. Click "OK" in the confirmation dialog
3. Monitor progress in the real-time log screen

3. Log Monitoring

• Real-time Logs: View logs in real-time in the left panel
• Auto-scroll: Enabled by default, can be toggled
• Clear Logs: Clear the screen with the "Clear Logs" button

4. File Download

Individual File Download

• Click the "Download" button for each file in the "Generated Files" section on the right panel

Bulk File Download (ZIP)

• Download Part1: Download all files generated in Part1 as ZIP
• Download Part2: Download all files generated in Part2 as ZIP
• Download All: Download all files from Part1 and Part2 in a single ZIP

Important Notes

1. Firewall: Port 5000 must be open
2. Concurrent Execution: Only one Part can run at a time (Part1 -> Part2)
3. Browser Compatibility: Latest versions of Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge recommended
4. Network: Accessible only from local network (0.0.0.0:5000)

License

This project follows the license of the original Tech Recon project.

Contact

If you encounter any issues or have suggestions for improvements, please submit an issue.

This project is originally developed from Deep Insight Korea SA team.