pdf4vllm for Zed

io.github.pyjudge/pdf4vllm

PDF reader for vision LLMs. Auto-detects text corruption and switches to image mode.

client:Zed transport:stdio runtime:pypi

Install pdf4vllm in Zed

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

{
  "context_servers": {
    "pdf4vllm": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "pdf4vllm-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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