Zed census mcp server census_query_data
How to: Zed census mcp server census_query_data
Add census mcp server to Zed
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01
Open ~/.config/zed/settings.json and merge this in. Keep any servers already there.
{
"context_servers": {
"census-mcp-server": {
"url": "https://census.caseyjhand.com/mcp"
}
}
}-
02
Save the file and restart Zed.
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03
Ask for something census_query_data does. Zed lists the server's tools on connect and calls census_query_data itself — you do not invoke it by name.
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04
If nothing happens, check the server is running and that census mcp server'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
census mcp server will not start until these are set, so census_query_data never becomes available.
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CENSUS_API_KEY -
MCP_LOG_LEVEL
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.