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smart connections for Zed

io.github.gogogadgetbytes/smart-connections

MCP server for Obsidian Smart Connections. Semantic search using your vault's embeddings.

client:Zed transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install smart connections in Zed

~/.config/zed/settings.json · windows: %APPDATA%\Zed\settings.json

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{
  "context_servers": {
    "smart-connections": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@gogogadgetbytes/smart-connections-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "VAULT_PATH": "<VAULT_PATH>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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

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