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

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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.

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Or try it with any of the other ACP compatible clients!

#### Installation

Install the adapter from npm:

``bash
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