ACP Support

Use Claw in any ACP-compatible editor.

Claw supports the Agent Client Protocol or (ACP), allowing you to use it directly in compatible editors and IDEs.

ACP is an open protocol that standardizes communication between code editors and AI coding agents.

Configure

To use Claw via ACP, configure your editor to run the claw acp command.

The command starts Claw as an ACP-compatible subprocess that communicates with your editor over JSON-RPC via stdio.

Below are examples for popular editors that support ACP.

Zed

Add to your Zed configuration (~/.config/zed/settings.json):

{
  "agent_servers": {
    "Claw": {
      "command": "claw",
      "args": ["acp"]
    }
  }
}

To open it, use the agent: new thread action in the Command Palette.

You can also bind a keyboard shortcut by editing your keymap.json:

[
  {
    "bindings": {
      "cmd-alt-o": [
        "agent::NewExternalAgentThread",
        {
          "agent": {
            "custom": {
              "name": "Claw",
              "command": {
                "command": "claw",
                "args": ["acp"]
              }
            }
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  }
]

JetBrains IDEs

Add to your JetBrains IDE acp.json according to the documentation:

{
  "agent_servers": {
    "Claw": {
      "command": "/absolute/path/bin/claw",
      "args": ["acp"]
    }
  }
}

To open it, use the new ‘Claw’ agent in the AI Chat agent selector.

Avante.nvim

Add to your Avante.nvim configuration:

{
  acp_providers = {
    ["claw"] = {
      command = "claw",
      args = { "acp" }
    }
  }
}

If you need to pass environment variables:

{
  acp_providers = {
    ["claw"] = {
      command = "claw",
      args = { "acp" },
      env = {
        CLAW_API_KEY = os.getenv("CLAW_API_KEY")
      }
    }
  }
}

CodeCompanion.nvim

To use Claw as an ACP agent in CodeCompanion.nvim, add the following to your Neovim config:

require("codecompanion").setup({
  strategies = {
    chat = {
      adapter = {
        name = "claw",
        model = "claude-sonnet-4",
      },
    },
  },
})

This config sets up CodeCompanion to use Claw as the ACP agent for chat.

If you need to pass environment variables (like CLAW_API_KEY), refer to Configuring Adapters: Environment Variables in the CodeCompanion.nvim documentation for full details.

Support

Claw works the same via ACP as it does in the terminal. All features are supported:

Built-in tools (file operations, terminal commands, etc.)
Custom tools and slash commands
MCP servers configured in your Claw config
Project-specific rules from AGENTS.md
Custom formatters and linters
Agents and permissions system