Context Servers

Context servers are a mechanism for pulling context into the Assistant from an external source. They are powered by the Model Context Protocol.

Currently Zed supports context servers providing slash commands for use in the Assistant.

Installation

Context servers can be installed via extensions.

If you don't already have a context server, check out one of these:

• Postgres
• GitHub
• Puppeteer
• BrowserTools
• Brave Search
• Prisma
• Framelink Figma
• Linear

Browse all available MCP extensions either on Zed's website or directly in Zed via the zed: extensions action in the Command Palette.

Configuration

Context servers may require some configuration in order to run or to change their behavior.

You can configure each context server using the context_servers setting in your settings.json:

{
  "context_servers": {
    "postgres-context-server": {
      "settings": {
        "database_url": "postgresql://postgres@localhost/my_database"
      }
    }
  }
}

If desired, you may also provide a custom command to execute a context server:

{
  "context_servers": {
    "my-context-server": {
      "command": {
        "path": "/path/to/my-context-server",
        "args": ["run"],
        "env": {}
      },
      "settings": {
        "enable_something": true
      }
    }
  }
}