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Zed Luw.ai luw_background

How to: Zed Luw.ai luw_background

client:Zed transport:streamable-http tool:luw_background

Add Luw.ai to Zed

  1. 01

    Open ~/.config/zed/settings.json and merge this in. Keep any servers already there.

{
  "context_servers": {
    "mcp": {
      "url": "https://mcp.luw.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}
  1. 02

    Save the file and restart Zed.

  2. 03

    Ask for something luw_background does. Zed lists the server's tools on connect and calls luw_background itself — you do not invoke it by name.

  3. 04

    If nothing happens, check the server is running and that Luw.ai's identifier in your config matches the one above exactly.

Merge this into your existing settings object — do not replace the file. Zed docs

Set these first

Luw.ai will not start until these are set, so luw_background never becomes available.

  • LUW_API_KEY
  • LUW_OUTPUT_DIR

Same tool, other clients

This list was read from the server itself, by connecting to it and calling tools/list on 14 November 2026. It is what the server actually exposes, not what its listing claims.

Mutating and Read-only are read off each tool's name, not its schema — a hint, not a guarantee. The registry stores tool names only; connect the server for its live schemas.