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OpenClaw Launches ACP: Agent Client Protocol for Stateful IDE-to-Agent Sessions

acpx is OpenClaw's headless CLI client for ACP — structured protocol replacing PTY scraping. Persistent named sessions, multi-turn conversations scoped per repo, soft-close lifecycle. Supports Claude Code, Codex, Cursor.

Product Idea from this Signal

A testing framework that records, replays, and validates ACP agent sessions before shipping to production

OpenClaw launched ACP (Agent Client Protocol) for stateful IDE-to-agent sessions, but developers building ACP integrations have no way to test, replay, or debug sessions without running the full stack. The protocol is new and documentation is sparse, leaving builders to guess at message formats and state transitions. This tool provides a local ACP test harness with session recording, replay, protocol validation, and a visual inspector for debugging agent-to-client communication.

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Score Breakdown

GitHub

450

HN

380

Social Proof 2 sources

GitHub - openclaw/acpx: Headless CLI client for ACP

gh:openclaw · 2/19/2026

OpenClaw ACP — bridge your IDE to AI agents

Virality Score

830

across 2 platforms

Details

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EcosystemTool

Sources2

Platforms2

Updated73d ago

Trend→ stable

Top ideas

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