# Zed

Native ACP support with real-time editing, syntax highlighting, and agent following.

[View Documentation](/content/docs/ai/external-agents/index.html)

## Features

- Native ACP support
- Agent following
- Multi-buffer editing
- Real-time collaboration
- 120fps performance

## Getting Started

Learn how to get quickly set up using Zed with ACP.

1. **Download Zed**  
If you haven't already, download Zed from zed.dev/download.

2. **Open the agent panel**  
Use cmd-? (macOS) or ctrl-? (Windows/Linux) to open the agent panel.

3. **Select your agent**  
Click the + button to create a new thread with your preferred ACP-compatible agent.

4. **Configure as needed**  
Add any custom agents to your settings.json under the agent_servers configuration.

## Learn more about ACP

The Agent Client Protocol enables editors to support any ACP-compatible agent without custom integrations.

[View ACP Docs](https://agentclientprotocol.com/) [View Zed Docs](/content/docs/ai/external-agents/index.html)