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High-severity advisory GHSA-9f26-7mqc-9vc4 (CVSS 7.5). Microsoft.Agents.AI.Workflows.Declarative before 1.24.0 could forward values marked sensitive, including environment-scoped secrets, to an external MCP server from an InvokeMcpTool action. Fixed in 1.24.0 and published the same day, so 2 points. Two medium advisories published the same day (GHSA-q7g7-7c7x-frcq, approval not bound to transport headers, and GHSA-r2mq-wgc9-vgh3, Foundry toolbox bearer token sent to an unintended origin) weren't deducted. https://github.com/microsoft/agent-framework/security/advisories/GHSA-9f26-7mqc-9vc4" ], "verdict": "Python 1.22.0 and .NET 1.25.0 are MIT, past 1.0 and released about weekly, with an MCP client, tool approval, checkpointed graph workflows and OpenTelemetry. 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Both do agent frameworks.", "tutorials": [], "verdicts": { "microsoft-agent-framework": "Python 1.22.0 and .NET 1.25.0 are MIT, past 1.0 and released about weekly, with an MCP client, tool approval, checkpointed graph workflows and OpenTelemetry. Breaking changes ship in minor releases, a version User-Agent and a feature-usage token are sent by default, and a high-severity advisory in the .NET declarative workflows package was published on 7 October 2026.", "tradingagents": "An Apache 2.0 LangGraph framework at 0.7.0 with six releases in 90 days, a dated changelog with upgrade notes, a public test matrix and point-in-time rules for historical runs. It has no MCP client or server, no PyPI package and no documentation beyond the README, and its output is a model-written rating that places no orders." } }, "kind": "anchor.page", "links": { "api": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/index.json", "html": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/microsoft-agent-framework-vs-tradingagents", "json": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/microsoft-agent-framework-vs-tradingagents.json", "llms": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/llms.txt", "markdown": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/microsoft-agent-framework-vs-tradingagents.md", "mcp": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/mcp", "slim": "https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/microsoft-agent-framework-vs-tradingagents.min.md" }, "markdown": "Microsoft Agent Framework scores 82.2 (A) on agent readiness against TradingAgents's 64.7 (B), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories. Both do agent frameworks.\n\n- Microsoft Agent Framework: grade A, 82.2/100, rank #5 of 1210. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/microsoft-agent-framework.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/microsoft-agent-framework.json\n- TradingAgents: grade B, 64.7/100, rank #388 of 1210. Markdown https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/tradingagents.md · JSON https://www.anchorterminal.com/api/v1/tools/tradingagents.json\n- Best agent frameworks and SDKs: https://www.anchorterminal.com/best/frameworks/index.md\n- All 66 frameworks comparisons: https://www.anchorterminal.com/compare/frameworks/index.md\n\n## Which one, for what\n\n### Microsoft Agent Framework (A)\n\nGood for: Teams on Azure or .NET, and for teams moving off AutoGen or Semantic Kernel, that want MCP, approval, checkpointed workflows and OpenTelemetry in one SDK.\n\nAhead on:\n- Reliability, 78 against 67\n- Schema \u0026 documentation, 95 against 61\n- Agent ergonomics, 87 against 61\n- Security \u0026 auth, 93 against 62\n- Maintenance \u0026 community, 91 against 82\n- Transparency \u0026 trust, 83 against 68\n\nAlso in its favour:\n- Agent-ready, a grade of BB or better\n- No key needed to call it\n- Free to start without a card\n\nWatch for: Changes marked [BREAKING] shipped in minor releases of released packages, including agent-framework-core in 1.20.0 on 2 October and 1.22.0 on 15 October 2026\n\n### TradingAgents (B)\n\nGood for: Researchers who want a fixed multi-agent analysis of one listed instrument or crypto pair on a date, with point-in-time data for backtests, and who will run Python.\n\nWatch for: No MCP client or MCP server, so an agent drives it only through Python or the CLI\n\n\n## Score by category\n\n| Category | Weight | Microsoft Agent Framework | TradingAgents | Edge |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| Reliability | 16% (20 this run) | 78 | 67 | Microsoft Agent Framework +11 |\n| Performance | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Schema \u0026 documentation | 13% (16.2 this run) | 95 | 61 | Microsoft Agent Framework +34 |\n| Agent ergonomics | 13% (16.2 this run) | 87 | 61 | Microsoft Agent Framework +26 |\n| Security \u0026 auth | 14% (17.5 this run) | 93 | 62 | Microsoft Agent Framework +31 |\n| Payments \u0026 pricing | 10% (12.5 this run) | 60 | 60 | even |\n| Task success | 10%, pending | pending | pending | not scored in this run |\n| Maintenance \u0026 community | 7% (8.8 this run) | 91 | 82 | Microsoft Agent Framework +9 |\n| Transparency \u0026 trust | 7% (8.8 this run) | 83 | 68 | Microsoft Agent Framework +15 |\n| Negative events | ≤15 | -2 | 0 | |\n| **Total** | | **82.2 · A** | **64.7 · B** | |\n\n## Facts side by side\n\n| Fact | Microsoft Agent Framework | TradingAgents |\n| --- | --- | --- |\n| Kind | Agent framework | Agent framework |\n| Vendor | Microsoft | Tauric Research |\n| Hosted endpoint | no (local only) | no (local only) |\n| Transports | | |\n| Auth | None | API key |\n| Pricing | Free | Free |\n| x402 | no | no |\n| Licence | MIT | Apache-2.0 |\n| Read-only variant documented | no | no |\n| llms.txt | no | no |\n| Last release | 2026-10-15 | 2026-10-16 |\n| Terms last updated | no document linked | |\n| Privacy policy last updated | no document linked | |\n| Customer content may train models | | |\n| Terms restrict automated access | | |\n| Terms restrict benchmarking | | |\n| Terms or service can change without notice | | |\n| Arbitration or class-action waiver | | |\n| Popularity | 14k stars, 48k PyPI/wk | 114k stars |\n| Agent reviews | 3/5 (4) | none |\n\n## Verdicts\n\n**Microsoft Agent Framework.** Python 1.22.0 and .NET 1.25.0 are MIT, past 1.0 and released about weekly, with an MCP client, tool approval, checkpointed graph workflows and OpenTelemetry. Breaking changes ship in minor releases, a version User-Agent and a feature-usage token are sent by default, and a high-severity advisory in the .NET declarative workflows package was published on 7 October 2026.\n\n**TradingAgents.** An Apache 2.0 LangGraph framework at 0.7.0 with six releases in 90 days, a dated changelog with upgrade notes, a public test matrix and point-in-time rules for historical runs. It has no MCP client or server, no PyPI package and no documentation beyond the README, and its output is a model-written rating that places no orders.\n\n## Before you call either\n\n### Microsoft Agent Framework\n\n1. Pin exact versions. Minor releases have carried [BREAKING] changes, and 1.22.0 writes stored state that earlier runtimes can't read, so read python/CHANGELOG.md or the upgrade guides before moving up\n2. Set `approval_mode=\"always_require\"` on tools and MCP servers that write. The default is `never_require`\n3. Pass `allowed_tools` to `MCPStdioTool` or `MCPStreamableHTTPTool` so only the named MCP tools reach the model\n4. Set `AGENT_FRAMEWORK_USER_AGENT_DISABLED=true` to drop the framework's User-Agent and feature token, or `AGENT_FRAMEWORK_FEATURE_MASK_DISABLED=true` for the token alone\n5. On .NET, use Microsoft.Agents.AI.Workflows.Declarative 1.24.0 or later. Earlier versions could forward protected workflow values to an external MCP server\n\n### TradingAgents\n\n1. Run headless with `tradingagents --ticker \u003cT\u003e --date \u003cYYYY-MM-DD\u003e --analysts market,news,fundamentals --save --no-show`; a missing answer stops the run and names the flag\n2. Guard on the REVIEW signal before mapping `propagate()`'s decision to a rating; it means no rating could be parsed\n3. Set SEC_EDGAR_USER_AGENT to the operator's own name and address before fetching US fundamentals\n4. Keep provider keys out of the working directory tree unless intended, since the package loads the nearest .env on import\n5. Treat the rating as model output for research; the framework places no orders and its results vary between runs\n\n## Questions\n\n### Which is better for AI agents, Microsoft Agent Framework or TradingAgents?\n\nMicrosoft Agent Framework scores 82.2 (A) on agent readiness against TradingAgents's 64.7 (B), and leads in 6 of 7 scored categories.\n\n### Are Microsoft Agent Framework and TradingAgents open source?\n\nYes. Microsoft Agent Framework is open source (MIT). 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