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Zed fcc broadband mcp server fcc_search_providers

How to: Zed fcc broadband mcp server fcc_search_providers

client:Zed transport:streamable-http tool:fcc_search_providers

Add fcc broadband mcp server to Zed

  1. 01

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

{
  "context_servers": {
    "fcc-broadband-mcp-server": {
      "url": "https://fcc-broadband.caseyjhand.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}
  1. 02

    Save the file and restart Zed.

  2. 03

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

  3. 04

    If nothing happens, check the server is running and that fcc broadband 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

fcc broadband mcp server will not start until these are set, so fcc_search_providers never becomes available.

  • FCC_BDC_USERNAME
  • FCC_BDC_HASH_VALUE
  • FCC_OPENDATA_APP_TOKEN
  • FCC_MIRROR_ENABLED
  • FCC_MIRROR_PATH
  • 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.