diff --git a/crates/paths/src/paths.rs b/crates/paths/src/paths.rs
index 207e1f3bb4324d17784b1d8df53ba4bfbc4adddb..1197e9c546075dbe9342efe49ace1766fd281925 100644
--- a/crates/paths/src/paths.rs
+++ b/crates/paths/src/paths.rs
@@ -370,12 +370,12 @@ pub fn debug_adapters_dir() -> &'static PathBuf {
     DEBUG_ADAPTERS_DIR.get_or_init(|| data_dir().join("debug_adapters"))
 }
 
-/// Returns the path to the agent servers directory
+/// Returns the path to the external agents directory
 ///
 /// This is where agent servers are downloaded to
-pub fn agent_servers_dir() -> &'static PathBuf {
-    static AGENT_SERVERS_DIR: OnceLock<PathBuf> = OnceLock::new();
-    AGENT_SERVERS_DIR.get_or_init(|| data_dir().join("agent_servers"))
+pub fn external_agents_dir() -> &'static PathBuf {
+    static EXTERNAL_AGENTS_DIR: OnceLock<PathBuf> = OnceLock::new();
+    EXTERNAL_AGENTS_DIR.get_or_init(|| data_dir().join("external_agents"))
 }
 
 /// Returns the path to the Copilot directory.
diff --git a/crates/project/src/agent_server_store.rs b/crates/project/src/agent_server_store.rs
index 29060fa9448bae4f0be4b2929196da3c3d2951db..a1897a89d1f0fe52fedf8902e8c631a367627b20 100644
--- a/crates/project/src/agent_server_store.rs
+++ b/crates/project/src/agent_server_store.rs
@@ -773,9 +773,7 @@ fn get_or_npm_install_builtin_agent(
 ) -> Task<std::result::Result<AgentServerCommand, anyhow::Error>> {
     cx.spawn(async move |cx| {
         let node_path = node_runtime.binary_path().await?;
-        let dir = paths::data_dir()
-            .join("external_agents")
-            .join(binary_name.as_str());
+        let dir = paths::external_agents_dir().join(binary_name.as_str());
         fs.create_dir(&dir).await?;
 
         let mut stream = fs.read_dir(&dir).await?;
@@ -1246,7 +1244,7 @@ impl ExternalAgentServer for LocalCodex {
                 custom_command.env = Some(env);
                 custom_command
             } else {
-                let dir = paths::data_dir().join("external_agents").join(CODEX_NAME);
+                let dir = paths::external_agents_dir().join(CODEX_NAME);
                 fs.create_dir(&dir).await?;
 
                 // Find or install the latest Codex release (no update checks for now).
@@ -1418,7 +1416,7 @@ impl ExternalAgentServer for LocalExtensionArchiveAgent {
             env.extend(extra_env);
 
             let cache_key = format!("{}/{}", extension_id, agent_id);
-            let dir = paths::data_dir().join("external_agents").join(&cache_key);
+            let dir = paths::external_agents_dir().join(&cache_key);
             fs.create_dir(&dir).await?;
 
             // Determine platform key