Agent Client Protocol (ACP) ↗

npm install deepagents-acp

yarn add deepagents-acp

pnpm add deepagents-acp

await startServer({
  agents: {
    name: "coding-assistant",
    description: "AI coding assistant with filesystem access",
  },
  workspaceRoot: process.cwd(),
});

npx deepagents-acp

{
  "agent": {
    "profiles": {
      "deepagents": {
        "name": "DeepAgents",
        "command": "npx",
        "args": ["deepagents-acp"],
        "env": {
          "ANTHROPIC_API_KEY": "sk-ant-..."
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

{
  "agent": {
    "profiles": {
      "deepagents": {
        "name": "DeepAgents",
        "command": "npx",
        "args": [
          "deepagents-acp",
          "--name", "my-assistant",
          "--skills", "./skills",
          "--debug"
        ],
        "env": {
          "ANTHROPIC_API_KEY": "sk-ant-..."
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

// server.ts

await startServer({
  agents: {
    name: "my-agent",
    description: "My custom coding agent",
    skills: ["./skills/"],
  },
});

{
  "agent": {
    "profiles": {
      "my-agent": {
        "name": "My Agent",
        "command": "npx",
        "args": ["tsx", "./server.ts"]
      }
    }
  }
}

npx deepagents-acp [options]

const server = await startServer({
  agents: {
    name: "coding-assistant",
    description: "AI coding assistant with filesystem access",
  },
  workspaceRoot: process.cwd(),
});

const server = new DeepAgentsServer({
  agents: [
    {
      name: "code-agent",
      description: "Full-featured coding assistant",
      model: "claude-sonnet-4-5-20250929",
      skills: ["./skills/"],
      memory: ["./.deepagents/AGENTS.md"],
    },
    {
      name: "reviewer",
      description: "Code review specialist",
      systemPrompt: "You are a code review expert...",
    },
  ],
  serverName: "my-deepagents-acp",
  serverVersion: "1.0.0",
  workspaceRoot: process.cwd(),
  debug: true,
});

await server.start();

const server = new DeepAgentsServer({
  agents: [
    { name: "code-agent", description: "General coding" },
    { name: "reviewer", description: "Code reviews" },
  ],
});

const server = new DeepAgentsServer({
  agents: {
    name: "my-agent",
    commands: [
      { name: "test", description: "Run the project's test suite" },
      { name: "lint", description: "Run linter and fix issues" },
      {
        name: "deploy",
        description: "Deploy to staging",
        input: { hint: "environment (staging or production)" },
      },
    ],
  },
});

const server = new DeepAgentsServer({
  agents: {
    name: "careful-agent",
    interruptOn: {
      execute: { allowedDecisions: ["approve", "edit", "reject"] },
      write_file: true,
    },
  },
});

const searchTool = tool(
  async ({ query }) => {
    return `Results for: ${query}`;
  },
  {
    name: "search",
    description: "Search the codebase",
    schema: z.object({ query: z.string() }),
  },
);

const server = new DeepAgentsServer({
  agents: {
    name: "search-agent",
    tools: [searchTool],
  },
});

await server.start();

const server = new DeepAgentsServer({
  agents: {
    name: "custom-agent",
    backend: new CompositeBackend({
      routes: [
        {
          prefix: "/workspace",
          backend: new FilesystemBackend({ rootDir: "./workspace" }),
        },
        { prefix: "/", backend: (config) => new StateBackend(config) },
      ],
    }),
  },
});

await server.start();

await startServer({
  agents: {
    name: "project-agent",
    description: "Agent with project-specific knowledge",
    skills: ["./skills/", "~/.deepagents/skills/"],
    memory: ["./.deepagents/AGENTS.md"],
  },
  workspaceRoot: process.cwd(),
});