Pattern

Agent Client Protocol (editor-to-agent)

Standardize how a code editor talks to a coding agent, so that any agent implementing the protocol works in any editor that supports it, the way the Language Server Protocol decoupled language tooling from editors.

Classification Protocol connecting coding agents to editors and IDEs, modelled on the Language Server Protocol.

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