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PixInsight Connector for Zed

io.github.mxcoppell/pixinsight-connector

Operate PixInsight from any MCP agent. Community project, not affiliated with Pleiades Astrophoto

client:Zed transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install PixInsight Connector in Zed

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

Held in this page only — never stored, logged, or sent anywhere but back to your screen. 

{
  "context_servers": {
    "pixinsight-connector": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "pixinsight-connector"
      ],
      "env": {
        "PIXINSIGHT_BIN": "<PIXINSIGHT_BIN>",
        "PIXINSIGHT_DIR": "<PIXINSIGHT_DIR>",
        "PIXINSIGHT_CONNECTOR_PACKS": "<PIXINSIGHT_CONNECTOR_PACKS>",
        "PIXINSIGHT_CONNECTOR_AUTOSTART": "<PIXINSIGHT_CONNECTOR_AUTOSTART>",
        "PIXINSIGHT_CONNECTOR_WORKSPACE": "<PIXINSIGHT_CONNECTOR_WORKSPACE>",
        "PIXINSIGHT_CONNECTOR_STATE": "<PIXINSIGHT_CONNECTOR_STATE>",
        "PIXINSIGHT_CONNECTOR_LOG": "<PIXINSIGHT_CONNECTOR_LOG>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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

PixInsight Connector in other clients

PixInsight Connector MCP server