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Expand introduction with details on local and remote agent support
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ACP assumes that the user is primarily in their editor, and wants to reach out and use agents to assist them with specific tasks.
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Agents run as sub-processes of the code editor, and communicate using JSON-RPC over stdio. The protocol re-uses the JSON representations used in MCP where possible, but includes custom types for useful agentic coding UX elements, like displaying diffs.
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ACP is suitable for both local and remote scenarios:
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- **Local agents** run as sub-processes of the code editor, communicating via JSON-RPC over stdio.
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- **Remote agents** can be hosted in the cloud or on separate infrastructure, communicating over HTTP or WebSocket
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> **Note:** Full support for remote agents is a work in progress. We are actively collaborating with agentic platforms to ensure the protocol addresses the specific requirements of cloud-hosted and remote deployment scenarios.
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The protocol re-uses the JSON representations used in MCP where possible, but includes custom types for useful agentic coding UX elements, like displaying diffs.
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The default format for user-readable text is Markdown, which allows enough flexibility to represent rich formatting without requiring that the code editor is capable of rendering HTML.

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