Agent Client Protocol (ACP)

[argenkiwi]

The developers of Zed partnered with Google to get Gemini CLI to work with their editor and created the Agent Client Protocol (ACP). I am trying to get my head around how this fits in the context of Model Context Protocol (MCP) and Language Server Protocol (LSP). I have some projects whose objective is to bridge the gap between Agents and LSPs using MCP. But if we now have ACP, would the editor become the intermediary between the agent and the LSPs? I bring it up here because it seems very relevant to Helix, and I also hope some in this community have a better understanding of these concepts and can shed some light on the topic for me. Thanks.

[nikaro]

FTR, the protocol website: https://agentclientprotocol.com/overview/introduction
The Zed blog post: https://zed.dev/blog/bring-your-own-agent-to-zed

I really hope this get traction and that Helix will catch up on it.

[gyreas]

Don't forget that Helix is a text editor, not an IDE. So, this will be the work of a plugin author.

However, Helix is aiming to provide such APIs that'll open up this and more possibilities. See #8675, if you can't wait and start hacking on it.

[argenkiwi]

That's a good point. Because of how they compare ACP to LSP in their sales pitch, I was wondering at what level the integration would happen.