JetBrains and Zed
State of ACP and Future
An introduction to Agent Client Protocol, its ecosystem, and how editor-agent interoperability can support custom coding agents and agent frameworks.
Sergey IgnatovBen Brandt
Past Stop 05 · London Agentic AI
Coding Agents and ACP with JetBrains
A high-signal London Agentic AI and Agentic AI London session on coding agents, Agent Client Protocol, interoperable agent harnesses and the future of editor-agent communication.
Agentic Coding · ACP · interoperable coding agents
Wed, Mar 11, 2026 · 6:00 PM GMT
Date
Tessl
Venue
Event completed
Status
Original event artwork
Network partners
Companies In The Room
Hosts, sponsors and speaker organisations represented at this London Agentic AI stop.
Sponsors & Hosting Partners
3 companies
JetBrains
Tessl
Zed
Speaker Organisations
4 companies
JetBrains
Zed
Mistral AI
Vibe Kanban
event focus
What This Stop Covered
This Agentic Coding event focused on Agent Client Protocol and the fragmentation problem in coding-agent workflows. The session explored how editors, IDEs and command-line agents can interoperate through shared protocol design instead of every tool owning a separate harness.
The evening combined a JetBrains and Zed technical session with a panel covering coding agents, interoperability, developer experience and where agent-powered software engineering is heading.
Agent Client ProtocolACPCoding agentsAgentic codingIDE agentsDeveloper toolsInteroperable agent systems
event context
What Was Special About This Event
A concise briefing on the technical context behind the event: why the topic mattered to the London Agentic AI community and what sponsors, speakers and attendees came to discuss.
Event detail
The Luma and Meetup pages frame ACP as an open protocol for communication between code editors and coding agents.
Event detail
JetBrains sponsored the event, Zed joined the technical session, and Tessl hosted the venue.
Event detail
The programme included a 45-minute ACP talk plus a panel with JetBrains, Zed, Mistral AI and Vibe Kanban.
attendee takeaway
What You Learned
01
What Agent Client Protocol is and why it matters for coding-agent interoperability.
02
How ACP standardises communication between IDEs, editors and coding agents.
03
How builders can use ACP inside their preferred development environment.
04
How to think about custom agents, agent frameworks, editor harnesses and future coding-agent workflows.
technical programme
Sessions And Speakers
JetBrains, Zed, Mistral AI and Vibe Kanban
Agentic Coding, ACP and Future
A focused panel on coding agents, interoperable harnesses, development workflows and the future of agent-powered engineering.
Sergey IgnatovBen BrandtClément DrouinLouis Knight-Webb
event recording
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Agenda
6:00 PM
Doors open, welcome and refreshments
6:40 PM
Opening remarks and London Agentic AI introduction
6:45 PM
State of ACP and Future
7:35 PM
Panel discussion and audience Q&A
8:05 PM
Networking and pub walk
who should attend
Audience
Agentic coding builders
Engineers working with coding agents
IDE plugin developers
AI tooling engineers
Infrastructure and developer experience builders
event links
Original Event Links
Original registration, archive and recording links for this London Agentic AI event.
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