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Regex Explainer for Zed

com.gumballtools/regex-explainer

Explain a regex in plain English and detect catastrophic backtracking risk.

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Install Regex Explainer in Zed

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

{
  "context_servers": {
    "regex-explainer": {
      "url": "https://regex-explainer.gumballtools.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

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

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