Agent Lightning v1.0: A 3,500-Line Lightweight Agentic RL Framework for Training Agents with Real Harnesses

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Microsoft Research

Source publication

2026-10-07

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The linked primary technical publication is titled Agent Lightning v1.0: A 3,500-Line Lightweight Agentic RL Framework for Training Agents with Real Harnesses. The screening rules associate it with agent systems. This association is a topic classification, not a finding that the claims are correct.

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Training AI agents with reinforcement learning can be challenging because their tools, context, and decision-making are managed by complex frameworks. Agent Lightning connects existing agents

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https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/agent-lightning-v1-0-a-3500-line-lightweight-agentic-rl-framework-for-training-agents-with-real-harnesses

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