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solomd-mcp in Zed

Zed's built-in agent reads MCP servers from ~/.config/zed/settings.json under context_servers.

Install the server

# macOS
cargo install solomd-mcp

# Linux x64
curl -L https://github.com/zhitongblog/solomd/releases/latest/download/solomd-mcp-linux-x64.tar.gz \
  | tar -xz -C /usr/local/bin

# Linux arm64
curl -L https://github.com/zhitongblog/solomd/releases/latest/download/solomd-mcp-linux-arm64.tar.gz \
  | tar -xz -C /usr/local/bin

(Zed doesn't yet officially ship for Windows. Use the WSL build if you need it there.)

Config — ~/.config/zed/settings.json

{
  "context_servers": {
    "solomd": {
      "command": {
        "path": "solomd-mcp",
        "args": ["--workspace", "/Users/you/notes"]
      },
      "settings": {}
    }
  }
}

Cmd+Shift+P → "zed: reload context servers" (or restart Zed). The agent panel should list @solomd with the 13 tools.

Try it

In Zed's chat panel:

@solomd find every note in my vault tagged #book and give me the outline (H1 / H2) of each.

Allow writes

"args": [
  "--workspace", "/Users/you/notes",
  "--allow-write"
]

About SoloMD

SoloMD is the Markdown editor that ships this MCP server pre-wired. Get the desktop app for the Agent panel UI:

📥 Download SoloMD for macOS / Windows / Linux