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xenodium/agent-shell

A native Emacs buffer to interact with LLM agents powered by ACP observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/xenodium/agent-shell · homepage · Emacs Lisp · GPL-3.0 (copyleft) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

62/100

  • Activity 99
  • Release rhythm 35
  • Longevity 25

Flags: no_releases no_readme

How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 358
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 10
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

1776 stars · 223 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

agent-shell is an Emacs Lisp package that provides a native Emacs buffer interface for interacting with LLM coding agents (Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, Gemini, Goose, etc.) via the Agent Client Protocol (ACP). It brings agent-driven AI assistance directly into the Emacs editing environment.

Use cases

  • chat with claude code from emacs
  • run openai codex agent inside an emacs buffer
  • interact with gemini cli agent in emacs
  • use goose ai agent from emacs
  • emacs interface for llm coding agents via acp
  • delegate coding tasks to an ai agent without leaving emacs

When to choose

  • you live in Emacs and want AI agent assistance in your editor
  • you want a native Emacs UI for ACP-compatible agents like Claude Code or Codex
  • you prefer elisp-extensible, keyboard-driven agent interaction over standalone AI apps

When to avoid

  • you don't use Emacs
  • you need a GUI or web-based AI chat client
  • your agent does not support the Agent Client Protocol

Facets

plugin · maturity active

chatbot chat-interface agent-framework llm-inference large-language-models developer-tools text-editors editor-plugin cross-platform emacs-lisp acp claude-code codex gemini goose melpa llm-agents ai-agents emacs

9 sources

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
xenodium/agent-shellmain62

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