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Zed

Earlier Revision Confidence: High (0.90)

Zed is an MCP client published by Zed Industries, verified on MCP revision 2025-11-25; support for the current revision (2026-07-28) is not yet confirmed. Last verified 2026-08-14.

Does Zed support the current MCP specification (2026-07-28)?

Not yet confirmed. Zed is verified on revision 2025-11-25; we have not confirmed support for the current revision (2026-07-28) as of 2026-08-14.

Which MCP client features does Zed support?

Zed supports: tools, prompts (last verified 2026-08-14).

Does Zed support MCP revision 2025-11-25?

Yes. Zed supports MCP revision 2025-11-25 (checked 2026-08-14).

When were Zed's facts last verified?

2026-08-14. Each fact on this page links to the sources used to verify it.

Zed is a high-performance code editor whose MCP client implements the Tools and Prompts features, refreshing tools dynamically when a server sends notifications/tools/list_changed. Servers come in through two doors: extensions from the Zed marketplace, or custom entries under Settings > AI > MCP Servers, where a url connects a remote HTTP server and command plus args runs a local stdio one.

Zed's documentation references the 2025-11-25 specification for both supported features and names Discovery, Sampling, and Elicitation as future work it welcomes contributions on, which grounds a legacy spec status: verified support for a specific earlier revision, with 2026-07-28 support not claimed on any surface.

Which MCP spec revisions does Zed support?

Spec revision Status Last checked Evidence
MCP 2025-11-25 Supported Source

How was this verified, and what are the sources?

Verified · method: vendor-docs · confidence 0.90 (High).

  1. Zed MCP documentation - "Zed currently supports MCP's Tools and Prompts features"; references specification/2025-11-25 for both features; Discovery, Sampling, and Elicitation named as contribution-welcome future work; dynamic tool updates via notifications/tools/list_changed; servers connect from Settings > AI > MCP Servers (url for HTTP, command plus args for stdio) or through extensions from the marketplace - accessed