Claude Agent Acp — Development skill for Claude Code
Use Claude Agent SDK from any ACP client such as Zed.
How to install Claude Agent Acp
This entry records only its repository, not the path inside it, so there is no
exact command to give. Open rivet-dev/claude-agent-acp and copy the folder into
~/.claude/skills/, or the file into ~/.claude/agents/.
What Claude Agent Acp does
Use Claude Agent SDK from any ACP client such as Zed!
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README
ACP adapter for the Claude Agent SDK
[](https://www.npmjs.com/package/@zed-industries/claude-agent-acp)
Use [Claude Agent SDK](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/agent-sdk/overview#branding-guidelines) from [ACP-compatible](https://agentclientprotocol.com) clients such as [Zed](https://zed.dev)!
This tool implements an ACP agent by using the official [Claude Agent SDK](https://platform.claude.com/docs/en/agent-sdk/overview), supporting:
- Context @-mentions
- Images
- Tool calls (with permission requests)
- Following
- Edit review
- TODO lists
- Interactive (and background) terminals
- Custom Slash commands
- Client MCP servers
Learn more about the [Agent Client Protocol](https://agentclientprotocol.com/).
How to use
Zed
The latest version of Zed can already use this adapter out of the box.
To use Claude Agent, open the Agent Panel and click "New Claude Agent Thread" from the `+` button menu in the top-right:
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/ddce66c7-79ac-47a3-ad59-4a6a3ca74903
Read the docs on [External Agent](https://zed.dev/docs/ai/external-agents) support.
Other clients
Or try it with any of the other [ACP compatible clients](https://agentclientprotocol.com/overview/clients)!
Installation
Install the adapter from `npm`:
npm install -g @zed-industries/claude-agent-acp
You can then use `claude-agent-acp` as a regular ACP agent:
ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=sk-... claude-agent-acp
Single-file executable
Pre-built single-file binaries are available on the [Releases](https://github.com/zed-industries/claude-agent-acp/releases) page for Linux, macOS, and Windows. These binaries bundle everything needed and don't require Node.js.
License
Apache-2.0
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