Zed + Vaner (MCP)

Zed supports the Model Context Protocol out of the box. Point it at vaner mcp and Vaner will serve scenario-ranked context to your agent before every prompt.

Install

If you haven't installed Vaner yet:

curl -fsSL --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 https://vaner.ai/install.sh | bash
vaner init --path .

Connect Zed

{  "context_servers": {    "vaner": {      "command": {        "path": "uvx",        "args": ["--from","vaner[mcp]","vaner","mcp","--path","."]      }    }  }}

Verify

Restart Zed. Open the Assistant panel; vaner should appear under Context Servers.

If Zed reports the server as failed, run vaner mcp --path . manually in a terminal and read the error. The most common failure is a missing backend API key — confirm with vaner config show.

What this unlocks

• Zed Assistant can route context requests through Vaner instead of its built-in scanner.
• Low-latency local loop: Zed + Ollama + Vaner all stay on your machine.
• One settings.json block per user, no per-project config required.

See also

• The full Connect your client guide.
• Backends for picking the model Vaner ponders with.
• Upstream docs: https://zed.dev/docs/assistant/model-context-protocol.