# RD-Agent

> Chapter 5 · GitHub facts 2026-10-22 · Web version: https://finance-agents.dev/projects/rd-agent

## What it does

The GitHub description says RD-Agent automates data and model R&D. The README describes a quant scenario that proposes and implements factors and models on Qlib, and shows the commands `rdagent fin_factor` and `rdagent fin_model`. `requirements.txt` includes `langchain`, `openai`, `litellm`, and `docker`. This list files it as Microsoft’s R&D agent with a finance factor and strategy track. Performance figures printed in that README are not repeated here.

## Repository facts

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| Repository | [microsoft/RD-Agent](https://github.com/microsoft/RD-Agent) |
| GitHub description | Research and development (R&D) is crucial for the enhancement of industrial productivity, especially in the AI era, where the core aspects of R&D are mainly focused on data and models. We are committed to automating these high-value generic R&D processes through R&D-Agent, which lets AI drive data-driven AI. 🔗https://aka.ms/RD-Agent-Tech-Report |
| Stars | 15,019 |
| Forks | 1,981 |
| Created | 2024-04-03 |
| Default branch | `main` |
| Last commit | [2026-09-23](https://github.com/microsoft/RD-Agent/commit/484776c211e4fbbeef03e0ec00d6bbee7362a4f4) `484776c` |
| Last push | 2026-10-21 |
| License | MIT |
| Homepage | https://rdagent.azurewebsites.net/ |
| Primary language | Python |
| Languages | Python, Vue, Jupyter Notebook, Shell, JavaScript, CSS, Makefile, Dockerfile |
| Topics | agent, ai, automation, data-mining, data-science, development, llm, research |

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Source: GitHub API, 2026-10-22.


## Technical stack

Primary language reported by GitHub: Python.
Languages reported by GitHub: Python, Vue, Jupyter Notebook, Shell, JavaScript, CSS, Makefile, Dockerfile.

Dependency files (package names only, as read on the fetch date):
- `requirements.txt`: `openai`, `litellm`, `langchain`, `langchain-community`, `pandas`, `numpy`, `scikit-learn`, `pyarrow`, `docker`, `pydantic-settings`

## Activity

Last commit on the default branch `main`: 2026-09-23 ([`484776c`](https://github.com/microsoft/RD-Agent/commit/484776c211e4fbbeef03e0ec00d6bbee7362a4f4)). Subject: chore(main): release 1.0.0 (#1286).

Last push to the repository: 2026-10-21. Created: 2024-04-03.

## Who it is for

For people automating a propose-code-run loop on top of a platform such as Qlib.

## In this list

Filed under: [Chapter 5](/chapters/5-quantitative-research-automation).

Category note: [Quant Automation](/categories/quant-automation).

Related project pages: [Qlib](/projects/qlib).

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