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Arduino MCP Server for Zed

io.github.hardware-mcp/arduino-mcp-server

Arduino MCP server for CLI setup, board detection, compile/upload, serial monitoring, and pin refs.

client:Zed transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install Arduino MCP Server in Zed

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

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{
  "context_servers": {
    "arduino-mcp-server": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "arduino-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ARDUINO_CLI_PATH": "<ARDUINO_CLI_PATH>",
        "ARDUINO_SKETCH_ROOT": "<ARDUINO_SKETCH_ROOT>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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

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