ACP Brings JetBrains on Board

JetBrains has announced it will co-develop the Agent Client Protocol (ACP) with Zed, planning to bring ACP support to its entire lineup of IDEs like IntelliJ IDEA and PyCharm. This collaboration aims to create an open standard allowing any AI coding agent to work with any compatible editor, giving developers more freedom and choice. The protocol separates agents from editors, so agent developers can implement ACP once to reach a wide audience across multiple platforms. This partnership is presented as a major milestone for ACP, signaling growing momentum for a standardized approach to agent-editor integration and reducing vendor lock-in.