Skip to content

Zed PreReason request_access

How to: Zed PreReason request_access

client:Zed transport:streamable-http tool:request_access

Add PreReason to Zed

  1. 01

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

{
  "context_servers": {
    "mcp": {
      "url": "https://api.prereason.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}
  1. 02

    Save the file and restart Zed.

  2. 03

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

  3. 04

    If nothing happens, check the server is running and that PreReason'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

PreReason will not start until these are set, so request_access never becomes available.

  • PREREASON_API_KEY
  • PREREASON_CLIENT

Same tool, other clients

This list was read from the server itself, by connecting to it and calling tools/list on 24 September 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.