MS-Agent
Lightweight Python agent framework for long-running tasks, with skills, sub-agents, A2A and ACP servers, and CLI, TUI and web front ends.
Harness by ModelScope
Install
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pip install ms-agent
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Use cases: agent-orchestration
Reviews
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Fact sheet
- Languages
- PythonREADME
- Packages
- ms-agent (pypi)README
- Multi-agent
- YesREADME
- Orchestration
- sequentialms-agent-en.readthedocs.io
- A2A support
- Built inms-agent-en.readthedocs.io
- Agent Skills support
- Built inms-agent-en.readthedocs.io
- Model providers
- openai, anthropic, modelscopems-agent-en.readthedocs.io
- Maturity
- StableREADME
Facts extracted by Claude Haiku 5.5 from the linked sources on Oct 24, 2026. Wrong fact? Tell us.
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Signals
- Stars
- 4,417
- Forks
- 533
- Open issues
- 15
- Weekly downloads
- 107
- Last commit
- Oct 19, 2026 (9 days ago)
- Last release
- Mar 23, 2026 (7 months ago)
- Last package publish
- Mar 23, 2026 (7 months ago)
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Details
- Packages
- pypi
ms-agent - License
- Apache-2.0
- Repository
- github.com/modelscope/ms-agent
- Website
- ms-agent-en.readthedocs.io
- First seen
- Oct 24, 2026
- Last checked
- Oct 24, 2026
- Source
- READMEDocsgithub-graphql
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MS-Agent. Agent Mart. https://agentmart.dev/harnesses/ms-agent (last updated 2026-10-24)