diff --git a/parl/__init__.py b/parl/__init__.py
index eca2dce114b069bf9b455d77ce670d73b5047fd2..cec8b257112c61ff2fb6a1bb80a9afa8fb698d9c 100644
--- a/parl/__init__.py
+++ b/parl/__init__.py
@@ -11,3 +11,9 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
+"""
+generates new PARL python API
+"""
+from parl.framework import *
+from parl.utils import *
+from parl.plutils import *
diff --git a/parl/framework/__init__.py b/parl/framework/__init__.py
index eca2dce114b069bf9b455d77ce670d73b5047fd2..8ca1bb94f824299e3cd432f1f46f9f7574a2e04e 100644
--- a/parl/framework/__init__.py
+++ b/parl/framework/__init__.py
@@ -11,3 +11,6 @@
 # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 # limitations under the License.
+from parl.framework.model_base import *
+from parl.framework.algorithm_base import *
+from parl.framework.agent_base import *
diff --git a/parl/framework/computation_task.py b/parl/framework/agent_base.py
similarity index 88%
rename from parl/framework/computation_task.py
rename to parl/framework/agent_base.py
index aca2a8d56ad3d800828ddbbf846af6e581e725df..3c3232792840837f17dc68248f9aede1b6b50623 100644
--- a/parl/framework/computation_task.py
+++ b/parl/framework/agent_base.py
@@ -15,20 +15,20 @@
 import paddle.fluid as fluid
 import parl.layers as layers
 from parl.framework.algorithm_base import Algorithm
-from parl.framework.base import Model
+from parl.framework.model_base import Model
 
-__all__ = ['ComputationTask']
+__all__ = ['Agent']
 
 
-class ComputationTask(object):
+class Agent(object):
     """
-    A ComputationTask is responsible for the general data flow
+    A Agent is responsible for the general data flow
     outside the algorithm.
 
-    A ComputationTask is created in a bottom-up way:
+    A Agent is created in a bottom-up way:
     a. create a Model
     b. create an Algorithm with the model as an input
-    c. define a ComputationTask with the algorithm
+    c. define a Agent with the algorithm
     """
 
     def __init__(self, algorithm):
@@ -68,6 +68,6 @@ class ComputationTask(object):
 
     def learn(self, obs, action, reward, next_obs, terminal):
         """pass data to the training program to update model, 
-        this function is the training interface for ComputationTask.
+        this function is the training interface for Agent.
         """
         raise NotImplementedError
diff --git a/parl/layers/__init__.py b/parl/layers/__init__.py
index a615ae1d96b20a5dfe0a31adad28770dd232f283..fd86c43c229ffc9a37385162b012782a41792132 100644
--- a/parl/layers/__init__.py
+++ b/parl/layers/__init__.py
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@ This file wraps Fluid layers that have parameters to support parameter sharing.
 For other layers that don't have parameters, we simply copy them to this namespace.
 """
 from paddle.fluid.layers import *
-from .layer_wrappers import *
+from parl.layers.layer_wrappers import *
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..c0967333c4ac1b79a3ab7fb1eb4696f662cd1701
--- /dev/null
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+#   Copyright (c) 2018 PaddlePaddle Authors. All Rights Reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+import sys
+import os
+import re
+from setuptools import setup, find_packages
+
+
+def _find_packages(prefix=''):
+    packages = []
+    path = '.'
+    prefix = prefix
+    for root, _, files in os.walk(path):
+        if '__init__.py' in files:
+            packages.append(re.sub('^[^A-z0-9_]', '', root.replace('/', '.')))
+    return packages
+
+
+setup(
+    name='parl',
+    version=0.1,
+    packages=_find_packages(),
+    package_data={'': ['*.so']})