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Zed Model Ruler — AI Cost Calculators token-counter

How to: Zed Model Ruler — AI Cost Calculators token-counter

client:Zed transport:streamable-http tool:token-counter

Add Model Ruler — AI Cost Calculators to Zed

  1. 01

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

{
  "context_servers": {
    "model-ruler": {
      "url": "https://modelruler.dev/mcp?dist=model_everywhere_registry_native_official_registry"
    }
  }
}
  1. 02

    Save the file and restart Zed.

  2. 03

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

  3. 04

    If nothing happens, check the server is running and that Model Ruler — AI Cost Calculators's identifier in your config matches the one above exactly.

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

Same tool, other clients

This list was read from the server itself, by connecting to it and calling tools/list on 6 October 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.