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Citadel for Zed

dev.citadeldb/mcp

Encrypted-first embedded database with vector search and agent memory, exposed as MCP tools

client:Zed transport:stdio runtime:pypi

Install Citadel in Zed

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

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{
  "context_servers": {
    "mcp": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "citadeldb-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "CITADEL_KEY": "<CITADEL_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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

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