Google and Zed push protocol to pry AI agents out of VS Code's clutches

Google and code editor company Zed Industries have introduced the Agent Client Protocol (ACP) as a standard way for AI agents to integrate with an IDE, with the idea that this will prevent developers getting locked into VS Code. "AI coding agents and editors are tightly coupled but interoperability isn't the default," states …

[Doctor Syntax]

"ACP, which is still under development, is a standardized protocol for agent-editor communication."

The only question is whether Microsoft will ignore it or embrace it.

[Anonymous Coward]

Or extend it...

[druck]

No wAI

I'll stick with vim.