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Sketchdex for Zed

io.github.lucasr1b/sketchdex

An MCP server that lets AI agents draw hand-drawn Excalidraw diagrams as files on your machine.

client:Zed transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install Sketchdex in Zed

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

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{
  "context_servers": {
    "sketchdex": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "sketchdex"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SKETCHDEX_VAULT": "<SKETCHDEX_VAULT>",
        "SKETCHDEX_BROWSER": "<SKETCHDEX_BROWSER>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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

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