Zed Parallax Protocol Prompt/explain_transaction
How to: Zed Parallax Protocol explain_transaction
Add Parallax Protocol to Zed
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Open ~/.config/zed/settings.json and merge this in. Keep any servers already there.
{
"context_servers": {
"parallax-mcp": {
"url": "https://mcp.parallaxprotocol.org/mcp"
}
}
}-
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Save the file and restart Zed.
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explain_transaction is surfaced in the client's prompt or command menu. Unlike a tool, you invoke it deliberately — Zed will not call it for you.
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If it does not appear, check that Parallax Protocol is connected and that you are looking at its prompts rather than its tools.
Merge this into your existing settings object — do not replace the file. Zed docs
Set these first
Parallax Protocol will not start until these are set, so it never reaches Zed.
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PARALLAX_MCP_RPC_URL -
PARALLAX_MCP_GROUPS
Same prompt, other clients
Read from the server itself, by connecting to it and calling prompts/list on 13 October 2026.
A listing does not declare its prompts, so asking is the only way to know them, and this
is what the server actually offers rather than what its listing claims. Names only are
stored; connect the server for each prompt's arguments.