From ef52d4452b13cc18bf57e49ee3f627dc292f8f55 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Yijia-Xiao <yijia-xiao@outlook.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2026 01:33:48 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] docs: add uv install and Docker rebuild notes (#1173, #1297)

- uv alternative to conda and pip
- rebuild the Docker image after updating
---
 README.md | 10 +++++++++-
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 66cc2c3b2..1cf0344d1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -110,7 +110,13 @@ conda create -n tradingagents python=3.12
 conda activate tradingagents
 ```
 
-Install the package and its dependencies:
+Or with [uv](https://docs.astral.sh/uv/):
+```bash
+uv venv --python 3.12
+source .venv/bin/activate
+```
+
+Install the package and its dependencies (`uv pip install .` with uv):
 ```bash
 pip install .
 ```
@@ -123,6 +129,8 @@ cp .env.example .env  # add your API keys
 docker compose run --rm tradingagents
 ```
 
+After updating the repository, rebuild the image with `docker compose build`.
+
 For local models with Ollama:
 ```bash
 docker compose --profile ollama run --rm tradingagents-ollama