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Zed NASA Earthdata MCP get_variables

How to: Zed NASA Earthdata MCP get_variables

client:Zed transport:streamable-http tool:get_variables

Add NASA Earthdata MCP to Zed

  1. 01

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

{
  "context_servers": {
    "earthdata-mcp": {
      "url": "https://cmr.earthdata.nasa.gov/mcp/v1"
    }
  }
}
  1. 02

    Save the file and restart Zed.

  2. 03

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

  3. 04

    If nothing happens, check the server is running and that NASA Earthdata MCP'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

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.