acp-setup.md

ACP Setup

Drydock can be used in text editors and IDEs that support Agent Client Protocol. Drydock includes the vibe-acp tool. Once you have set up vibe with the API keys, you are ready to use vibe-acp in your editor. Below are the setup instructions for some editors that support ACP.

Zed

For usage in Zed, we recommend using the Drydock Zed's extension. Alternatively, you can set up a local install as follows:

1. Go to ~/.config/zed/settings.json and, under the agent_servers JSON object, add the following key-value pair to invoke the vibe-acp command. Here is the snippet:

{
   "agent_servers": {
      "Drydock": {
         "type": "custom",
         "command": "vibe-acp",
         "args": [],
         "env": {}
      }
   }
}

1. In the New Thread pane on the right, select the vibe agent and start the conversation.

JetBrains IDEs

For using Drydock in JetBrains IDEs, you'll need to have the Jetbrains AI Assistant extension installed

Version 2025.3 or later

1. Open settings, then go to Tools > AI Assistant > Agents. Search for Drydock, click install

2. Open AI Assistant. You should be able to select Drydock from the agent selector (if you're not authenticated yet, you will be prompted to do so).

Legacy method

1. Add the following snippet to your JetBrains IDE acp.json (documentation):

{
  "agent_servers": {
    "Drydock": {
      "command": "vibe-acp",
    }
  }
}

1. In the AI Chat agent selector, select the new Drydock agent and start the conversation.

Neovim (using avante.nvim)

Add Drydock in the acp_providers section of your configuration

{
  acp_providers = {
    ["mistral-vibe"] = {
      command = "vibe-acp",
      env = {
         MISTRAL_API_KEY = os.getenv("MISTRAL_API_KEY"), -- necessary if you setup Drydock manually
      },
    }
  }
}