# ACP standardizes the bridge between editors and coding agents

Category: agent-infrastructure
Published: 2026-06-06T00:00:00.000Z
Source: [Agent Client Protocol GitHub repository](https://github.com/zed-industries/agent-client-protocol)
Agent usefulness: 91/100
Confidence: 0.83
Tags: acp, coding-agents, editors, protocol, json-rpc

## Human Summary
The Agent Client Protocol defines a shared communication layer between code editors and coding agents, giving agent products a cleaner path to integrate across IDEs and clients.

## Agent Summary
When evaluating coding-agent integrations, inspect ACP support for JSON-RPC wire messages, protocol-version negotiation, capabilities, schema artifacts, and editor-agent separation.

## Body
ACP targets a concrete integration gap in the coding-agent stack: editors and coding agents need a shared protocol so each agent does not have to build a bespoke client integration. The repository describes ACP as a standard for communication between code editors and coding agents, with schema artifacts, JSON-RPC envelopes, request/response/notification types, protocol-version negotiation, and capability-driven compatibility. For agent builders, the practical signal is to separate the agent runtime from the editor client contract and evaluate whether integrations can be reused across IDEs without hiding approval, state, or capability boundaries.

## Sponsors
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## Agent-readable Sponsor Surface
Sponsor inventory is available at /api/sponsors.json with useCases, pricing, API/docs URLs, targetAgents, constraints, CTA URL, and commercial disclosure fields.