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Zed MCP docs You can find your API key at ref.tools/keys

Install Steps

Open the agent thread UI in right dock with cmd + R.
In the top right, click the ... icon and under MCP Servers, select Add Custom Server.... This should open the Add MCP Server modal.
In the bottom left of the modal click Configure Remote server.
Replace the entire content of the input JSON with the following and click Add Server.

{
  "Ref": {
    "url": "https://api.ref.tools/mcp?apiKey=<your api key>"
  }
}

Open a new thread in the agent thread panel and select the ... settings icon then click Settings.
You should see Ref enabled in the Model Context Protocol (MCP) Servers section.

You can use the built in auto-complete prompt /search_docs to search documentation with Ref. Example prompt:

/search_docs what is ref tools mcp server

This should result in a ref_search_documentation tool call.

If you have any issues, please reach out to [email protected]. We’re happy to help you get started!

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