zed

Watch Skill in Zed

Status: doc-verified ☑ — config matches Zed's official context-server docs; not executed here.

Zed calls MCP servers context servers, and the settings key is context_servers rather than mcpServers. The shape differs from every other client in this matrix, so copying a Cursor or Cline block here will not work.

Install

uvx --from "watch-skill[standard]" watch-skill doctor

uvx fetches the package on first use and needs no checkout. Prefer a permanent install? pipx install "watch-skill[standard]", then use "path": "watch-skill" with "args": ["serve"] below.

git clone https://github.com/oxbshw/watch-skill && cd watch-skill
uv sync --extra all
uv run watch-skill doctor

Configure

Open settings with cmd+, (macOS) or edit the file directly: ~/.config/zed/settings.json, or %APPDATA%\Zed\settings.json on Windows.

{
  "context_servers": {
    "watch-skill": {
      "source": "custom",
      "command": {
        "path": "uvx",
        "args": ["--from", "watch-skill[standard]", "watch-skill", "serve"],
        "env": {}
      }
    }
  }
}

Zed restarts the context-server process when the file is saved, so there is no need to restart the editor.

Smoke test (3 steps)

1. Open the agent panel and ask: "Watch https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqz-KE-bpKQ and tell me what happens at 0:10."
2. Approve the watch_video call.
3. Follow up: "what color is the bird?" — should call ask_video and answer from the index without re-processing.

Notes

• Zed's native context_servers speaks stdio only. watch-skill serve --http will not attach here; use the default stdio form above.
• Provider keys belong in the env block if you do not want them in a shell profile — Zed passes it to the spawned process.
• Nothing about vision is required to start: transcription, OCR, indexing, and search all run locally with no key.