MS-Agent

What does this agent do, and when should you use it?

MS-Agent is a lightweight Python framework for autonomous exploration and complex task execution. Its documented entry points include MCP-configured `LLMAgent`, `AgentLoader`, and the `ms-agent` CLI for project workflows. The repository packages Agentic Insight deep research, Doc Research, Code Genesis, FinResearch, and Singularity Cinema, with a React/FastAPI WebUI using real-time WebSocket communication. Its Agent Skills module implements the Anthropic Agent Skills protocol with hybrid retrieval, dependency-aware DAG execution, progressive loading, and controlled execution. Depending on the workflow, it produces research reports, document-analysis results, software projects, or short videos and may require model, search, or Docker services.

After installation, developers can configure a streamable HTTP MCP server in mcpServers, instantiate LLMAgent(mcp_config=mcp), and call await llm_agent.run(...). Agentic Insight v2 assigns research work to a Researcher and tool-augmented Searcher/Reporter sub-agents, persists structured artifacts to disk, and writes reports from an indexed evidence base. Doc Research accepts multiple files or URLs, analyzes them, and produces text-and-image Markdown reports; its release notes also list HTML, PDF, PPTX, and DOCX export. Code Genesis runs through ms_agent/cli/cli.py run --config projects/code_genesis, using either a seven-agent or four-agent pipeline to move from requirements through implementation and refinement, with code written to output. FinResearch uses DagWorkflow to coordinate collection, analysis, and aggregation, while processing data in an isolated Docker sandbox.

1. A Python developer who needs asynchronous chat with tools exposed by a self-hosted or ModelScope MCP endpoint can build on LLMAgent.
2. A research team that needs evidence-grounded reports, disk-persisted artifacts, and concurrent specialist agents can run Agentic Insight v2.
3. An engineering team turning a natural-language brief into a static homepage or fuller software project can use the standard or simplified Code Genesis workflow.
4. An analyst investigating uploaded files and URLs can use Doc Research to produce a Markdown research report.
5. A market researcher covering mainland China, Hong Kong, or U.S. equities can use FinResearch for financial data, news/sentiment research, and report generation.
6. A content team that wants a short video from a sentence or knowledge document can use Singularity Cinema for scripting, storyboards, voiceover, charts, subtitles, and generation.

How do you install or deploy this agent?

For base functionality:

pip install ms-agent

For deep-research functionality:

pip install 'ms-agent[research]'

Or install from source:

git clone https://github.com/modelscope/ms-agent.git
cd ms-agent
pip install -e .

The README specifies Python >=3.10. The default ModelScope inference path requires MODELSCOPE_API_KEY; the memory example additionally requires mem0ai and DASHSCOPE_API_KEY.

How do you use this agent?

Set credentials for the default inference path:

export MODELSCOPE_API_KEY={your_modelscope_api_key}

Create an MCP configuration with mcpServers, instantiate LLMAgent(mcp_config=mcp), and invoke await llm_agent.run('Introduce modelscope.cn') from asyncio.run(main()). To launch the WebUI:

ms-agent ui

It opens at http://localhost:7860 by default. A first Code Genesis invocation is:

PYTHONPATH=. openai_api_key=your-api-key openai_base_url=your-api-url python ms_agent/cli/cli.py run --config projects/code_genesis --query 'Build a static site to display skills, projects, and contact info' --trust_remote_code true

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