5-Minute Quickstart

ACP vs MCP: Purpose-Built Context vs Repurposed Capabilities
ACP vs RAG: Why Deterministic Context Beats Probabilistic Retrieval
ACP Design Philosophy
Why ACP? Understanding the AI Context Problem

How to Annotate Your Codebase
How to Integrate ACP with Cursor
How to Protect Critical Code

ACP CLI Documentation
ACP Daemon Service
ACP MCP Server
ACP VS Code Extension

Introduction
Terminology
Cache File Format Specification
Config File Specification
Annotation Syntax Specification
Constraint System Specification
Variable System Specification
Inheritance & Cascade Specification
File Discovery Specification
Query Interface Specification
Tool Integration
Protocol Versioning Specification
Debug Sessions & Hack Tracking Specification
Bootstrap & AI Integration Specification
Chapter 15: Documentation System Bridging
Attempts Schema
Cache Schema
Config Schema
Primer Schema
Sync Schema
Vars Schema

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ACP Specification

Complete ACP Protocol Specification

ACP Specification

The complete technical specification for the AI Context Protocol.

Chapters

Introduction
Terminology
Cache Format
Config Format
Annotations
Constraints
Variables
Inheritance
Discovery
Querying
Tool Integration
Versioning
Debug Sessions
Bootstrap
Bridging