MCP Canary for Zed

com.mcpcanary/inspect

Inspect any remote MCP server: transport, protocol, tools, and side-effect hints. No tool calls.

client:Zed transport:streamable-http tools:2

Install MCP Canary in Zed

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

{
  "context_servers": {
    "inspect": {
      "url": "https://api.mcpcanary.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

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