Zed calls MCP servers context servers. Adding SurrealDB gives Zed's assistant your Cloud instances and the data inside them.
Add the MCP server
Open settings with cmd/ctrl ,, which edits ~/.config/zed/settings.json, and add SurrealDB under context_servers:
{
"context_servers": {
"surrealdb": {
"url": "https://mcp.surrealdb.com"
}
}
}Note
Zed runs stdio context servers as child processes. If your version does not yet accept a remote url, bridge the endpoint through mcp-remote instead, using a command with "path": "npx" and the arguments ["-y", "mcp-remote", "https://mcp.surrealdb.com"].
Sign in
Restart Zed and approve the connection in the browser window it opens.
Install the Agent Skills
npx skills add surrealdb/agent-skillsCheck it worked
Ask the assistant panel which SurrealDB tools it can call.
Next steps
SurrealDB MCP Server - every tool the server publishes
Agent Skills - what each skill covers