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mcp books for Zed

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client:Zed transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install mcp books in Zed

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

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{
  "context_servers": {
    "mcp-books": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "mcp-books"
      ],
      "env": {
        "BOOKS_USER_AGENT": "<BOOKS_USER_AGENT>",
        "BOOKS_MIN_INTERVAL_MS": "<BOOKS_MIN_INTERVAL_MS>",
        "BOOKS_TIMEOUT_MS": "<BOOKS_TIMEOUT_MS>",
        "BOOKS_MAX_RETRIES": "<BOOKS_MAX_RETRIES>",
        "BOOKS_CACHE_TTL_MS": "<BOOKS_CACHE_TTL_MS>",
        "BOOKS_CACHE_MAX_ENTRIES": "<BOOKS_CACHE_MAX_ENTRIES>",
        "BOOKS_LOG_LEVEL": "<BOOKS_LOG_LEVEL>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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

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