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Zed Terradev active_context

How to: Zed Terradev active_context

client:Zed transport:sse tool:active_context

Add Terradev to Zed

  1. 01

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

{
  "context_servers": {
    "terradev": {
      "url": "https://terradev-mcp.terradev.cloud/sse"
    }
  }
}
  1. 02

    Save the file and restart Zed.

  2. 03

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

  3. 04

    If nothing happens, check the server is running and that Terradev'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

Terradev will not start until these are set, so active_context never becomes available.

  • RUNPOD_API_KEY
  • VAST_API_KEY
  • LAMBDA_API_KEY
  • HF_TOKEN
  • AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID
  • AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY
  • GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS
  • TERRADEV_MCP_BEARER_TOKEN

Same tool, other clients

This list was read from the server itself, by connecting to it and calling tools/list on 24 September 2026. It is what the server actually exposes, not what its listing claims.

Mutating and Read-only are read off each tool's name, not its schema — a hint, not a guarantee. The registry stores tool names only; connect the server for its live schemas.