Installation¶

Requirements¶

Requirement	Minimum
Python	3.10+
OS	Linux, macOS, Windows

From PyPI¶

Alpha Release — Source Install Required

rct-platform v1.0.2a0 is in Public Alpha and has not yet been published to PyPI. Use the From Source method below to install. PyPI publishing is planned for v1.0.0 stable.

# Will be available on PyPI at stable release:
pip install rct-platform

From Source (Development)¶

git clone https://github.com/rctlabs/rct-platform.git
cd rct-platform

# Create a virtual environment
python -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate        # Linux / macOS
# .\.venv\Scripts\Activate.ps1  # Windows PowerShell

# Install the SDK in editable mode
pip install -e .

# Install dev + test dependencies
pip install -r requirements.txt
pip install -r requirements-dev.txt

Verify with Tests¶

pytest --tb=short -q
# → 723 passed in ~3s

What Gets Installed¶

rct-platform/
├── core/           ← FDIA engine, Delta engine, Regional adapter
├── signedai/       ← SignedAI consensus, HexaCore registry
├── rct_control_plane/  ← 15-module DSL + intent schema
└── microservices/  ← 5 reference microservices (read-only SDK)

The rct CLI entry point is registered automatically after installation:

rct --help
rct compile intent.json
rct graph build --policy default

Interactive Playground (No Install)¶

Run the FDIA + SignedAI demos directly in your browser via Google Colab — no local install required:

The notebook walks through: 1. FDIA equation scoring (F = D^I × A) 2. SignedAI tier routing 3. Delta Engine compression concept 4. Tier 9 full pipeline

Note: The Colab notebook is included in the notebooks/ directory of this repository.