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Zed SeedBase Test Data generate_test_data

How to: Zed SeedBase Test Data generate_test_data

client:Zed transport:streamable-http tool:generate_test_data

Add SeedBase Test Data to Zed

  1. 01

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

{
  "context_servers": {
    "seedbase": {
      "url": "https://seedba.se/mcp"
    }
  }
}
  1. 02

    Save the file and restart Zed.

  2. 03

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

  3. 04

    If nothing happens, check the server is running and that SeedBase Test Data's identifier in your config matches the one above exactly.

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

Set these first

SeedBase Test Data will not start until these are set, so generate_test_data never becomes available.

  • SEEDBASE_API_KEY

Same tool, other clients

This list was read from the server itself, by connecting to it and calling tools/list on 24 September 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.