Agent Client Protocol

Bring your own agent to Zed. Connect any agent that speaks ACP to a powerful, purpose-built IDE interface.

A New Standard for Agent Interoperability

The Agent Client Protocol (ACP) is an open standard that enables any agent to integrate seamlessly with any editing environment.

Universal Compatibility

Any agent on ACP gains access to Zed's multi-file editing, full codebase context, and many other powerful reviewing tools.

Privacy First

When using third-party agents, nothing touches our servers. We never store or train on your code without explicit consent.

Open Source

ACP is open source under the Apache license. Build on existing implementations or create your own agent from scratch.

Explore the Growing ACP Ecosystem

Created by Zed, grown by a community of editors and agents.

Editors on ACP

• Zed
  Native ACP support with real-time editing, syntax highlighting, and agent following.
• JetBrains IDEs
  In Progress
  Full ACP integration coming soon to IntelliJ IDEA, PyCharm, and other JetBrains IDEs.
• AionUi
  Free, local open-source GUI app with ACP support for using agents like Gemini CLI and others.
• Emacs
  Extensible text editor with ACP support via the agent-shell plugin for in-editor agent threads.
• marimo
  Python notebook environment with built-in ACP support for interactive, data-focused coding workflows.
• Neovim
  Via Plugin
  Hyperextensible Vim-based editor with ACP support via CodeCompanion and avante.nvim plugins.
• Sidequery
  In Progress
  Browser-based development environment with ACP support coming soon.
• aizen
  Manage multiple Git branches simultaneously with dedicated terminals and agents in parallel.
• DeepChat
  A feature-rich open-source AI chat platform supporting multiple cloud and local LLMs.
• Tidewave
  The coding agent for full-stack web app development. Integrate agents with your web app at every layer.
• Web Browser (AI SDK)
  Browser client with ACP support via @mcpc/acp-ai-provider for web-based development environments.
• Obsidian
  Via Plugin
  ACP plugin for Obsidian that adds a side panel to chat with agents like Claude Agent and Gemini CLI.

Agents on ACP

• AgentPool
  A unified agent orchestration hub that lets you configure and manage heterogeneous AI agents.
• Augment Code
  Auggie CLI takes the power of Augment’s agent and context engine and puts it in your terminal.
• Blackbox AI
  An advanced CLI that brings the full power of BLACKBOX AI directly to your terminal.
• Claude Agent
  Via Adapter
  Anthropic's Claude integrated through Zed's SDK adapter, available to all ACP clients.
• Cline
  Cline is an open source AI coding agent that brings frontier AI models directly to your IDE.
• Codex CLI
  Via Adapter
  OpenAI's code generation agent with streaming terminal output and community implementations.
• Code Assistant
  An AI coding assistant built in Rust for autonomous code analysis and modification.
• Docker's cagent
  A powerful, easy-to-use, customizable multi-agent runtime that orchestrates AI agents.
• fast-agent
  Create and interact with sophisticated Agents and Workflows in minutes.
• Gemini CLI
  ACP Registry
  Google's reference implementation showing the full potential of ACP agent integration.
• GitHub Copilot
  An AI pair programmer tool that helps you write code faster and smarter.
• Goose
  Square's open-source agent with native ACP implementation, available to any ACP client.
• JetBrains Junie
  In Progress
  JetBrains' AI agent coming soon with ACP support across their entire IDE ecosystem.
• Kimi CLI
  Moonshot AI's CLI coding agent with native ACP support for common development workflows.
• Minion Code
  A Minion-based coding assistant with a rich, pre-configured toolset for everyday development tasks.
• Mistral Vibe
  Mistral’s terminal-native coding agent powered by the Devstral model family.
• OpenCode
  An open-source coding agent with ACP support, designed for flexible editor integration.
• OpenHands
  A community dedicated to AI-driven development with a CLI-based model.
• Pi
  An ACP adapter that lets you run the Pi coding agent inside ACP-compatible editors.
• Qoder CLI
  A full-featured CLI coding agent with ACP support, built-in tools, and slash commands.
• Qwen Code
  An open-source AI agent for the terminal, optimized for Qwen3-Coder.
• Stakpak
  The Open Source DevOps Agent. It won't accidentally tweet your AWS credentials.
• VT Code
  An open-source coding agent, with semantic code intelligence via Tree-sitter.

Latest ACP News

Stay up to date with the latest ACP developments, integrations, and community updates.

• Bring Your Own Agent to Zed
  Introducing the Agent Client Protocol (ACP) with Google's Gemini CLI as our first integration.
  August 27th, 2025
• JetBrains × Zed: Open Interoperability for AI Coding Agents
  JetBrains and Zed collaborate on the Agent Client Protocol (ACP) to bring open interoperability for AI coding agents to JetBrains IDEs.
  October 6th, 2025
• Codex is Live in Zed
  OpenAI's Codex agent now available through ACP, with streaming terminal output and community adapters.
  October 16th, 2025
• How the Community is Driving ACP Forward
  What began as a collaboration with Google to bring Gemini CLI into Zed has quickly grown into something bigger.
  October 2nd, 2025
• Claude Code: Now in Zed
  The Agent Client Protocol (ACP) is now available in Zed, enabling developers to integrate their own AI agents.
  September 3rd, 2025
• Google's Gemini CLI Agent Comes to Zed
  Developers can now integrate Google's Gemini CLI AI agent directly into the popular Zed code editor.
  August 27th, 2025

Additional ACP Coverage

• JetBrains Backs Open AI Coding Standard That Could Gnaw at VS Code Dominance
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• JetBrains Joins AI Protocol ACP
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• Zed Code Editor Adds Agent Protocol for Flexible AI Integration
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• Google Integrates Gemini CLI into Zed Code Editor
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