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Zed Time convert_time

How to: Zed Time convert_time

client:Zed transport:stdio tool:convert_time

Add Time to Zed

  1. 01

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

{
  "context_servers": {
    "time": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-server-time"
      ]
    }
  }
}
  1. 02

    Save the file and restart Zed.

  2. 03

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

  3. 04

    If nothing happens, check the server is running and that Time'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

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.