ACP Editor Integration
Hermes Agent can run as an ACP server, letting ACP compatible editors talk to Hermes over stdio and render: chat messages tool activity file diffs terminal comm
Hermes Agent can run as an ACP server, letting ACP-compatible editors talk to Hermes over stdio and render: ACP is a good fit when you want Hermes to behave like an editor-native coding agent instead of a standalone CLI or messaging bot. Hermes runs with a curated toolset designed for editor workflows. …
What this page covers
- What Hermes exposes in ACP mode
- Installation
- Launching the ACP server
- Browser tools (optional)
- Editor setup
- VS Code
- Zed
- JetBrains
- Registry manifest
- Configuration and credentials
- Session behavior
- Working directory behavior
- Approvals
- Session-scoped edit auto-approval
- Troubleshooting
- ACP agent does not appear in the editor
- ACP starts but immediately errors
- Missing credentials
- Zed registry launcher cannot find uv
- See also
Section outline mirrored from the official Hermes Agent documentation. Follow any heading to read the complete text on the source site.
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