# 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** [Read more](https://www.theregister.com/2025/10/07/jetbrains_acp_vs_code/) - **JetBrains Joins AI Protocol ACP** [Read more](https://www.techzine.eu/news/devops/135254/jetbrains-joins-ai-protocol-acp/) - **Zed Code Editor Adds Agent Protocol for Flexible AI Integration** [Read more](https://www.webpronews.com/zed-code-editor-adds-agent-protocol-for-flexible-ai-integration/) - **Google Integrates Gemini CLI into Zed Code Editor** [Read more](https://sdtimes.com/ai/google-integrates-gemini-cli-into-zed-code-editor/) ## Daily drive with Zed Code at the speed of thought.