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Zed skillmd skillmd_recommend

How to: Zed skillmd skillmd_recommend

client:Zed transport:streamable-http tool:skillmd_recommend

Add skillmd to Zed

  1. 01

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

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

    Save the file and restart Zed.

  2. 03

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

  3. 04

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

skillmd will not start until these are set, so skillmd_recommend never becomes available.

  • SKILLMD_TOKEN
  • SKILLMD_API

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.