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Claude Agent Tui — Development skill for Claude Code

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Runs the official Claude Code TUI over a PTY and exposes it via ACP, so Claude Code threads render natively in Zed's agent panel.

How to install Claude Agent Tui

This entry records only its repository, not the path inside it, so there is no exact command to give. Open zeo-workspace/claude-agent-tui and copy the folder into ~/.claude/skills/, or the file into ~/.claude/agents/.

What Claude Agent Tui does

Runs the official Claude Code TUI over a PTY and exposes it via ACP, so Claude Code threads render natively in Zed's agent panel. Built for Anthropic's June 2026 billing split (since paused).

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README

claude-agent-tui

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An [ACP](https://agentclientprotocol.com)-compatible agent that drives the **Claude Code subscription TUI** over a PTY, so your Claude Code threads render natively in [Zed](https://zed.dev) and other ACP clients.

**Fork** of [`@agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp`](https://github.com/agentclientprotocol/claude-agent-acp) v0.57.0, with later upstream changes ported on top. Where the upstream adapter calls the Claude Agent **SDK**, this fork spawns the `claude` **subscription CLI** in a pseudo-terminal and translates its JSONL transcript into ACP `session/update` notifications. See [`.fork-provenance.json`](.fork-provenance.json) for the exact fork point.

Why this exists

On **June 15, 2026**, [Anthropic split Claude subscription billing](https://zed.dev/blog/anthropic-subscription-changes) into two pools: Anthropic's **first-party tools** (chat and the official **Claude Code CLI**) keep using your **Pro/Max subscription**, while **third-party agents and SDK usage** are billed separately at **API rates** — roughly **15–30× more expensive** (separate monthly credits: $20 Pro / $100 Max 5x / $200 Max 20x).

In practice, Zed's built-in Claude integration now draws from those expensive third-party credits instead of your subscription. The official `claude` CLI/TUI, however, **still runs on your subscription**.

This project bridges the two: it drives the **official Claude Code TUI** over a PTY and exposes it through the **ACP** protocol, so Zed renders it as a native agent panel — giving you the full Claude Code experience inside Zed **on your existing subscription**, not API credits.

Update notice

"Update June 15: We're pausing the changes to Claude Agent SDK usage described below. For now, nothing has changed: Claude Agent SDK, claude -p, and third-party app usage still draw from your subscription's usage limi