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Zed Proving Lab install_extension

How to: Zed Proving Lab install_extension

client:Zed transport:streamable-http tool:install_extension

Add Proving Lab to Zed

  1. 01

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

{
  "context_servers": {
    "browser-citation-capture": {
      "url": "https://provinglab.dev/mcp"
    }
  }
}
  1. 02

    Save the file and restart Zed.

  2. 03

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

  3. 04

    If nothing happens, check the server is running and that Proving Lab's identifier in your config matches the one above exactly.

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

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