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# ACP: Drive Bolt from Zed and Other Editors

> Bolt speaks the Agent Client Protocol (ACP), letting editors like Zed embed it as a native AI coding backend without running a separate app or TUI.

Bolt implements the Agent Client Protocol (ACP), which is how editors like Zed talk to AI agents. Once configured, the editor spawns `bolt acp` as a subprocess and drives it directly — you get Bolt's agents, tools, sessions, and provider stack without leaving your editor.

## Enable ACP

In your editor's AI settings, add Bolt as an ACP-compatible agent and point it at:

```bash theme={null}
bolt acp
```

The editor will manage the process lifecycle. Configure providers, models, and MCP servers as you normally would in `.bolt/bolt.jsonc` — they apply here too.

## What you get

* Every Bolt agent, callable from the editor's AI panel.
* Shared sessions with the TUI and web UI (via the local database).
* The same tool set, permissions model, and project memory as any other Bolt entry point.

## Related

* [Headless Server](/server/headless-server) — the parallel HTTP interface.
* [Configuration](/concepts/configuration) — the config file ACP inherits.