Zed + Vinculum

Zed supports MCP via “context servers” in its assistant settings. Because Zed uses stdio-based MCP, you'll bridge to the HTTP server using mcp-remote.

Step 1 — Get your API key

Log into vinculum.run, open Settings, copy your API key (vk_...).

Step 2 — Install mcp-remote

mcp-remote bridges stdio MCP clients (like Zed) to HTTP MCP servers:

bash

npm install -g mcp-remote

Step 3 — Update Zed settings

Open Zed → Preferences → Open Settings (or ~/.config/zed/settings.json) and add:

json

{
  "assistant": {
    "version": "2",
    "enabled": true,
    "default_model": {
      "provider": "anthropic",
      "model": "claude-sonnet-4-6"
    }
  },
  "context_servers": {
    "vinculum": {
      "command": {
        "path": "npx",
        "args": ["-y", "mcp-remote", "https://vinculum.run/mcp"],
        "env": {
          "MCP_AUTH_HEADER": "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

Step 4 — Verify

Open the Zed AI assistant panel. The Vinculum tools should appear in the tool list. Ask Claude to call get_briefing to confirm the connection.

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