Zed GitHub search_repositories

Add GitHub to Zed

1. 01

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

{
  "context_servers": {
    "github-mcp-server": {
      "url": "https://api.githubcopilot.com/mcp/"
    }
  }
}

2. 02

   Save the file and restart Zed.

3. 03

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

4. 04

   If nothing happens, check the server is running and that GitHub'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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