# Bring Your Own Agent to Zed -- Featuring Gemini CLI

DevFeed: [Bring Your Own Agent to Zed -- Featuring Gemini CLI](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/bring-your-own-agent-to-zed-featuring-gemini-cli-13430.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://zed.dev/blog/bring-your-own-agent-to-zed>)

Author: Nathan Sobo

Published: 2025-08-27T00:00:00Z

Content type: release

Language: en

Sources: [Zed Industries - Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/zed-industries-blog.md>)

Topics: [Protocol (disambiguation)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/protocol.md>), [Google](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/google.md>), [Remote Procedure Call (RPC)](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/rpc.md>), [Command-line interface](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cli.md>), [JSON](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/json.md>), [ide](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ide.md>)

Tags: [cli](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cli.md>), [gemini](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/gemini.md>), [google](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/google.md>), [json](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/json.md>), [protocol](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/protocol.md>), [rpc](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/rpc.md>), [user-interface](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/user-interface.md>), [vs-code](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/vs-code.md>)

## AI overview

Zed introduces the Agent Client Protocol (ACP), enabling third-party agents to integrate directly into the editor. Gemini CLI is the initial reference implementation, with beta support for Claude Code also announced.

## Source excerpt

Zed now lets you use the agent of your choice through the new Agent Client Protocol, starting with Google's Gemini CLI.