ACP Agents

ADHDev supports 35 agents via the Agent Client Protocol (ACP) — a standard protocol for communicating with AI coding agents over stdio.

What is ACP?

ACP (Agent Client Protocol) defines a standard way to:

1. Launch an AI agent process
2. Send prompts to the agent
3. Receive responses in a structured format
4. Handle tool calls and approvals

ADHDev acts as an ACP host, managing agent lifecycle and streaming conversations to the dashboard.

Supported ACP Agents

ADHDev supports 35 ACP-compatible agents. Here are some highlights:

Agent	Description
Gemini CLI	Google's Gemini AI coding agent
Codex CLI	OpenAI's Codex coding agent
Claude Code	Anthropic's Claude coding agent
Cursor Agent	Cursor's built-in AI agent
Cline	Autonomous coding agent
GitHub Copilot	Microsoft's AI coding assistant
Roo Code	Independent coding agent
Goose	Block's AI coding agent
Kimi	Moonshot AI coding agent
OpenCode	Open-source coding agent
Qwen Code	Alibaba's coding agent

...and 24 more agents.

Usage

ACP agents appear in the dashboard as chat-style conversations (not terminal views). You can:

• Send prompts via the chat input
• Read responses in real-time as the agent streams
• Approve/reject tool calls when the agent requests permission
• Switch models if the agent supports multiple models

Authentication

Each ACP agent handles its own authentication. ADHDev detects installation status and displays auth errors if API keys are missing.

Common environment variables:

• GEMINI_API_KEY — Gemini CLI
• ANTHROPIC_API_KEY — Claude Agent
• OPENAI_API_KEY — Codex CLI

Next Steps

• CLI Agents → — terminal-based agents
• Dashboard → — dashboard basics