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Hostbeam for Zed

app.hostbeam/mcp

Lets a coding agent read the screenshots you beam to its server with Hostbeam.

client:Zed transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install Hostbeam in Zed

~/.config/zed/settings.json · windows: %APPDATA%\Zed\settings.json

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{
  "context_servers": {
    "mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@hostbeam/mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "HOSTBEAM_DIR": "<HOSTBEAM_DIR>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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

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