Agent Client Protocol SDK
Protocol SDK for standardized communication between code editors and AI coding agents.
Agent, MCP and tool libraries npm Apache-2.0
How Agent Client Protocol SDK is used
Agent Client Protocol SDK is a dependency in 37 of the 6,208 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned (0.8% of the 4,818 JavaScript/TypeScript ones), #8 of 155 in agent, mcp and tool libraries. The most used alternative in our scan is Model Context Protocol SDK (JavaScript) (589 projects). Projects that use it most often also use Zod (97.3%), Commander (91.9%), undici (91.9%). It is more common in projects set up for OpenClaw (10.4%) than for GitHub Copilot (0.6%).
Agent Client Protocol SDK popularity over time
Gid Score 45: downloads 77, use in agent projects 44, GitHub stars 0, downloads trend 44 (each 0-100). How it is calculated.
Often used with Agent Client Protocol SDK
| Zod | 97.3% of Agent Client Protocol SDK projects · 3.9× more than average |
|---|---|
| Commander | 91.9% of Agent Client Protocol SDK projects · 33.2× more than average |
| undici | 91.9% of Agent Client Protocol SDK projects · 56.5× more than average |
| Vitest | 91.9% of Agent Client Protocol SDK projects · 4.5× more than average |
| ws | 91.9% of Agent Client Protocol SDK projects · 29.3× more than average |
| Clack Prompts | 89.2% of Agent Client Protocol SDK projects · 89.3× more than average |
| chalk | 89.2% of Agent Client Protocol SDK projects · 30.9× more than average |
| chokidar | 89.2% of Agent Client Protocol SDK projects · 52.7× more than average |
By coding agent
| Claude Code | 1.1% of projects set up for it |
|---|---|
| OpenClaw | 10.4% of projects set up for it |
| GitHub Copilot | 0.6% of projects set up for it |
| Gemini CLI | 3.4% of projects set up for it |
Share of public repos configured for each agent that list Agent Client Protocol SDK as a dependency.
Install
| Package | npm install @agentclientprotocol/sdk |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | TypeScript / JavaScript (27), Python (9), Next.js (1) |
| Example projects | diegosouzapw/OmniRoute, Bitterbot-AI/bitterbot-desktop, ArgentAIOS/argentos-core, raucvr/Group-Goki, elbelicojackson-hue/haking-code- |
Alternatives to Agent Client Protocol SDK
Tools that do the same job, so a project picks one or the other. Add-ons and libraries used alongside Agent Client Protocol SDK are not listed here; they are in "Often used with".
| Tool | Gid Score | Used in agent projects | Downloads / wk | GitHub stars | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Model Context Protocol SDK (JavaScript) npm TypeScript SDK for building MCP servers and clients to extend AI agent capabilities. |
79 | 589 (12.2%) | 39.4M | 13.6K | MIT |
| fastMCP (JavaScript) npm TypeScript framework for building Model Context Protocol servers. |
45 | 32 (0.7%) | 351K | 3,275 | MIT |
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