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local delegate for Zed

io.github.zahirinatzuke/local-delegate

Delegate mechanical text tasks to a local OpenAI-compatible LLM to save Claude quota.

client:Zed transport:stdio runtime:pypi

Install local delegate in Zed

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

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{
  "context_servers": {
    "local-delegate": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "local-delegate-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "LOCAL_DELEGATE_BASE_URL": "<LOCAL_DELEGATE_BASE_URL>",
        "LOCAL_DELEGATE_API_KEY": "<LOCAL_DELEGATE_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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

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