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The right surface: ACP

Use the evidence to decide "When should you reach for ACP?" Explain the choice plainly.

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Done means you can say when to run the CLI as the ACPAgent Client Protocol. An open standard that lets any IDE host any coding agent; Cursor uses it to run inside JetBrains/IntelliJ and Android Studio. Press Enter for the full definition. bridge behind the client editor and name the local controls the session still enforces.

CLI AND SDK
Actual Cursor product screenshot showing a completed agent response with code blocks, terminal status and follow-up controls.

The same agent loop can run in a terminal, script, CI job or SDK-backed internal tool.