Stockfish MCP for Zed

io.github.stepbot/stockfish-mcp

A Stockfish MCP server to allow an LLM to play chess against Stockfish

client:Zed transport:stdio runtime:pypi

Install Stockfish MCP in Zed

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

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

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