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Zed Pressa - LaTeX to PDF compile

How to: Zed Pressa - LaTeX to PDF compile

client:Zed transport:streamable-http tool:compile

Add Pressa - LaTeX to PDF to Zed

  1. 01

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

{
  "context_servers": {
    "pressa": {
      "url": "https://api.pressa.dev/mcp"
    }
  }
}
  1. 02

    Save the file and restart Zed.

  2. 03

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

  3. 04

    If nothing happens, check the server is running and that Pressa - LaTeX to PDF'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

Pressa - LaTeX to PDF will not start until these are set, so compile never becomes available.

  • PRESSA_API_KEY

Same tool, other clients

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