Agent Client Protocol — Development skill for Claude Code
A protocol for connecting any editor to any agent.
How to install Agent Client Protocol
This entry records only its repository, not the path inside it, so there is no
exact command to give. Open coder/agent-client-protocol and copy the folder into
~/.claude/skills/, or the file into ~/.claude/agents/.
What Agent Client Protocol does
A protocol for connecting any editor to any agent.
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README
Agent Client Protocol
The Agent Client Protocol (ACP) standardizes communication between _code editors_ (interactive programs for viewing and editing source code) and _coding agents_ (programs that use generative AI to autonomously modify code).
The protocol is still under heavy development, and we aim to mature it as we get confidence in the design by implementing it in various settings.
Learn more at [agentclientprotocol.com](https://agentclientprotocol.com/).
Integrations
Editors
- Zed
- neovim through the CodeCompanion plugin
- marimo notebook
- yetone/avante.nvim: A Neovim plugin designed to emulate the behaviour of the Cursor AI IDE.
Agents
Libraries and Schema
- Rust: `agent-client-protocol` - See examples/agent.rs and examples/client.rs
- TypeScript: `@zed-industries/agent-client-protocol` - See examples/
- Go: `github.com/zed-industries/agent-client-protocol/go` - See example/ and the Go README
- JSON Schema: schema.json
- **use-acp**: React hooks for connecting to Agent Client Protocol (ACP) servers.
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