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Zed Handoff Watch scan_handoffs

How to: Zed Handoff Watch scan_handoffs

client:Zed transport:streamable-http tool:scan_handoffs

Add Handoff Watch to Zed

  1. 01

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

{
  "context_servers": {
    "handoff": {
      "url": "https://handoff.cloudforbots.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
  1. 02

    Save the file and restart Zed.

  2. 03

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

  3. 04

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

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

Same tool, other clients

This list was read from the server itself, by connecting to it and calling tools/list on 15 October 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.