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Zed internet archive mcp server ia_get_text

How to: Zed internet archive mcp server ia_get_text

client:Zed transport:streamable-http tool:ia_get_text

Add internet archive mcp server to Zed

  1. 01

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

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

    Save the file and restart Zed.

  2. 03

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

  3. 04

    If nothing happens, check the server is running and that internet archive 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

internet archive mcp server will not start until these are set, so ia_get_text never becomes available.

  • MCP_LOG_LEVEL

Same tool, other clients

This list was read from the server itself, by connecting to it and calling tools/list on 14 November 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.