acp-for-llm-delegation-not-orchestration-mcp-for-control
AutoResearchClaw’s built-in ACP (Agent Client Protocol) is designed for delegating LLM calls to a coding agent backend, not for orchestration. Using ACP as the invocation pattern gives the orchestrator (ORACLE Hermes) no typed responses, no granular stage control, and no structured error handling. MCP server wrapping is the correct pattern when the orchestrator needs to start pipelines, poll status, retrieve artifacts, approve gate stages, and handle failures independently.