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Zed Translate translate_detect_language

How to: Zed Translate translate_detect_language

client:Zed transport:streamable-http tool:translate_detect_language

Add Translate to Zed

  1. 01

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

{
  "context_servers": {
    "translate": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/translate/mcp"
    }
  }
}
  1. 02

    Save the file and restart Zed.

  2. 03

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

  3. 04

    If nothing happens, check the server is running and that Translate's identifier in your config matches the one above exactly.

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

Set these first

Translate will not start until these are set, so translate_detect_language never becomes available.

  • PIPEWORX_API_KEY

Same tool, other clients

This list was read from the server itself, by connecting to it and calling tools/list on 14 November 2026. It is what the server actually exposes, not what its listing claims.

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