# openclaw/acpx

Headless CLI client for stateful Agent Client Protocol (ACP) sessions

Repository: https://github.com/openclaw/acpx
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/acpx
Homepage: https://acpx.sh
Language: TypeScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: agentclientprotocol
Last push: 2026-08-26T13:25:56+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 82/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 98, longevity 14
- inputs: {"age_days": 197, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 14, "gap_med": 1, "n_releases_24m": 32}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3176, forks 326 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:47.649207+00:00)

## What it is
acpx is a headless command-line client for the Agent Client Protocol (ACP) that lets users drive coding agents like Codex, Claude Code, and Gemini CLI from the terminal. It provides persistent multi-turn sessions, one-shot runs, prompt queuing, and structured JSON event output for automation.

## Use cases
- drive coding agents from scripts and CI
- run persistent multi-turn AI coding sessions in a repo
- pipe structured agent events into automation with jq
- run parallel named agent workstreams in one repository
- switch between coding agents with one uniform CLI

## When to avoid
- you need a graphical chat interface for coding agents
- you rely on an agent that has no ACP server or adapter
- you need a stable, frozen CLI contract — acpx is pre-1.0 and evolving

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: cli, agent-framework, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools
- platform: cli, cross-platform
- tags: agent-client-protocol, coding-agents, headless, session-management, json-output, ai-agents, command-line, nodejs

## Member repositories
- openclaw/acpx (main) score 82

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:47.649207+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T18:45:25.141142+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/openclaw/acpx (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:47.649207+00:00, sha 015fdd340f22)
  - homepage: https://acpx.sh (fetched 2026-08-29T09:39:44.526131+00:00, sha 190dd7487db4)
  - site_page: https://acpx.sh/install.html (fetched 2026-08-29T09:39:44.535374+00:00, sha 2ee12eff8761)
  - site_page: https://acpx.sh/quickstart.html (fetched 2026-08-29T09:39:44.537160+00:00, sha 9fa1871e4b1a)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/acpx (fetched 2026-08-29T09:39:44.538782+00:00, sha e300e463effb)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.