"Zed, built in Rust, has a small market share but a lot of influence on open standard development. JetBrains, the creator of IntelliJ IDEA and PyCharm, is now joining as a co-developer and wants to integrate ACP into its IDEs. The company emphasizes that the protocol prevents vendor lock-in, allowing developers to use their preferred AI assistant within the environment of their choice."
"An important principle is control. The JetBrains IDEs will determine which actions an AI agent is allowed to perform and display planned changes as diffs that the user must first approve. This allows developers to remain in control of their workflow, while AI assistants work directly within the IDE, rather than through separate interfaces. ACP can break monopolies The timing is strategic."
JetBrains, Google, and Zed Industries are collaborating on the Agent Client Protocol (ACP) to define how AI assistants communicate with code editors and IDEs. ACP aims to eliminate the need for separate plugins or terminal workflows by providing a universal integration that any supporting editor can implement. JetBrains plans to integrate ACP into its IDEs while enforcing user control over allowed AI actions and requiring approval of planned diffs. ACP could weaken Visual Studio Code's dominant position by making AI integrations editor-independent, though Microsoft’s adoption remains uncertain.
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