Connect Zed

Readysettings.json · about 1 min

Zed treats a context server with a url as a remote server.

You need an Openpane API key. The API keys page makes one for Zed and fills it into every step. Here, the steps show YOUR_API_KEY where it goes.

Make a key for Zed

settings.json

Add to settings.json

Open settings (Ctrl+, or ⌘,) and add this inside the top-level object:

settings.jsonJSON

"context_servers": {
  "openpane": {
    "url": "https://openpane.oblaidish.com/api/mcp",
    "headers": {
      "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY"
    }
  }
}

Check it
Settings → AI → MCP Servers: a green dot means Server is active.

What you'll see · schematic

Zed · Settings → AI → MCP Servers

● openpane · Server is active

create_pane · update_pane · get_pane · list_panes · delete_pane · share_pane · list_shares

Your first pane

Ask Zed:

Prompttry it

Make me an Openpane pane with a React counter app.

It answers with a link to a private pane, which opens in any browser where you're signed in to Openpane. To show it to others, see Sharing. Zed now has Openpane's seven tools, to create, update, list, delete and share panes: the MCP server reference lists them.

settings.json

Add to settings.json

Check it

Your first pane