ACP adapter for Claude Code

Use Claude Code from ACP-compatible clients such as Zed!

This tool implements an ACP agent by using the official Claude Agent SDK, 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.

How to use

Zed

The latest version of Zed can already use this adapter out of the box.

To use Claude Code, open the Agent Panel and click "New Claude Code 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 support.

Other clients

• Emacs via agent-shell.el
• marimo notebook
• Neovim
  • via CodeCompanion.nvim
  • via yetone/avante.nvim

Submit a PR to add yours!

Installation

Install the adapter from npm:

npm install -g @zed-industries/claude-code-acp

You can then use claude-code-acp as a regular ACP agent:

ANTHROPIC_API_KEY=sk-... claude-code-acp

License

Apache-2.0