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Filesystem for Zed

io.github.modelcontextprotocol/server-filesystem

Reference server for local file operations, scoped to directories you pass as arguments. Read, write, edit, search and inspect files and directory trees.

client:Zed transport:stdio runtime:npm tools:11

Install Filesystem in Zed

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

{
  "context_servers": {
    "server-filesystem": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@modelcontextprotocol/server-filesystem"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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

What Zed can do once it is connected

Filesystem in other clients