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Agent-Shell: AI in Emacs

Name: Agent-Shell: AI in Emacs
Author: xenodium

Interact with LLM agents in Emacs with Agent-Shell, built for founders, with 1.6k+ GitHub stars.

From the repo · “A native Emacs buffer to interact with LLM agents powered by ACP”

1,978 stars+25★ this week248 forksEmacs LispGuide quality 8/10 · reviewed Jul 23Updated 10/22/2026100% free · open source

What it does

Agent-Shell allows you to interact with Large Language Model (LLM) agents directly within Emacs, providing a native buffer for querying and receiving responses from these models.

When to use it

•When you need to integrate LLM capabilities into your Emacs workflow for content generation or research.
•As a founder, when you want to quickly prototype or test LLM-powered features without leaving your development environment.
•For automating tasks or generating content that can leverage the strengths of LLMs, such as text summarization or question answering.

Ready-to-paste prompt

To query an LLM agent about 'how AI can aid in startup marketing', run the command `M-x agent-shell-query` and input the prompt 'What are some innovative ways AI can help with marketing in startups?'

Heads up: Before using Agent-Shell, ensure you have an API key for the LLM service you wish to use, as this is required for configuration and authentication within the `agent-shell` package.

Saves to your device

Use with Claude

New

Skip the builder — one click puts this in Claude, Cursor, Antigravity and more.

⚡ Runs out of the box

A prompt/skill package — nothing to install beyond adding it to your AI tool.

Try it instantly — no install

Claude Code

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/agent-shell && curl -fsSL https://workflowstacks.com/api/skills/agent-shell/claude-skill -o ~/.claude/skills/agent-shell/SKILL.md

Open in another AI app

Opens the app with this repo with the prompt ready to go — no copy-paste needed.

Connect the whole catalog (MCP)

claude mcp add --transport http workflowstacks https://workflowstacks.com/api/mcp

Adds a WorkflowStacks connector to Claude Code: search and load any skill here by chatting.

How Agent-Shell: AI in Emacs works

Codeflow

Free to inspect

Agent-Shell: AI in Emacs is a documents-only repository (8 doc files) — something you read, not something you run. There is nothing to install. Last commit this month, GPL-3.0 license.

Size

Documents only

8 documents · 31 min skim

Setup

No code to run

It's prompts / instructions. Copy them into your AI tool.

Runs on

Inside your AI tool

Nothing to install on your machine

Emacs Lisp 100%

Where to start reading

1
README.org
Start here — what it does and how to install it
2
AGENTS.md
The instructions the AI actually follows

What's in each folder

tests/Tests — proof it works26 files

.github/CI / automation (GitHub Actions)6 files

icons/Images & static assets2 files

READMEHas testsDocumentedCI checksGPL-3.0 licenseUpdated this month

Use with Claude

New

Skip the builder — one click puts this in Claude, Cursor, Antigravity and more.

⚡ Runs out of the box

A prompt/skill package — nothing to install beyond adding it to your AI tool.

Try it instantly — no install

Claude Code

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/agent-shell && curl -fsSL https://workflowstacks.com/api/skills/agent-shell/claude-skill -o ~/.claude/skills/agent-shell/SKILL.md

Open in another AI app

Opens the app with this repo with the prompt ready to go — no copy-paste needed.

Connect the whole catalog (MCP)

claude mcp add --transport http workflowstacks https://workflowstacks.com/api/mcp

Adds a WorkflowStacks connector to Claude Code: search and load any skill here by chatting.

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Details

Creator

xenodium

Language

Emacs Lisp