# NousResearch/hermes-agent · Generalize ACP client beyond Copilot CLI

## Open now

- 4 issues, 0 PRs open on GitHub.
- #5257: feat: Generalized ACP client for multi-agent CLI orchestration
- #31083: \[Bug\]: ACP client hardwired for Copilot CLI — cannot use other ACP backends
- #36057: Feature: ACP client mode — allow Hermes to connect to external ACP agents
- #53769: \[Feature\]: First-class extension surface for ACP / external-process model backends

These issues and PRs address the current limitation of the ACP client being hardwired to Copilot CLI, requesting and implementing support for additional ACP backends such as Cursor, Devin, and other external agents.

## TL;DR

- 7 member(s): 4 open issue(s), 1 closed issue(s), 0 open PR(s), 0 merged PR(s), 2 PR(s) closed without merging.
- No fix has been merged to main; one or more PRs were attempted (see below).
- **Recommended:** review the prior/competing PR(s) below. A fix was attempted but not merged; your case may extend or revive that work.

## Maintainer resolution verdict

- Internal-tracker verdict over this cluster's issue members: `unresolved`. This is distinct from the fix status above. Weigh it yourself.

## How this cluster was grouped

- Link evidence (`STRUCTURAL_PARTIAL`): some members are connected by structural evidence (shared changed files, or a closing/superseded reference); the rest are joined by an automated relevance judgement over their text.
- Members outside that structural core may belong to a different underlying problem.
- Pairwise link density `0.18`: the share of member pairs that carry a link, counting a structural link in full and a relevance-only link at 0.36. `1.00` means every pair is linked.

## Open related issues

- #5257: feat: Generalized ACP client for multi-agent CLI orchestration
- #31083: \[Bug\]: ACP client hardwired for Copilot CLI — cannot use other ACP backends
- #36057: Feature: ACP client mode — allow Hermes to connect to external ACP agents
- #53769: \[Feature\]: First-class extension surface for ACP / external-process model backends

## Closed / duplicate issues

- #16282: Feature Request: Support additional ACP harnesses beyond Copilot CLI (e.g., Cursor Agent CLI)

## Prior & competing PRs

- **#5258: feat: Generalized ACP client for multi-agent CLI orchestration**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`
  - _suggested-tier fix detail withheld; re-request with `?tier=all` to include it._
- **#31089: fix(acp): support generic ACP backends beyond Copilot CLI**. closed without merge · fix tier `suggested`
  - maintainer direction: category `uncategorized`; implication `needs_llm`; refs `e4dbb67bf58040a905cf3fb830fce41f927df678`, `#53769`

## Fix status

- No merged fix on record.
- Subsystem: `acp`