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Install Hostim in Zed

What you need first

  • Zed, installed.
  • Docker, which gives the docker command the server starts with.
  • Your own value for YOUR_HOSTIM_TOKEN.

Steps

  1. Open Zed's settings file, ~/.config/zed/settings.json (on Windows %APPDATA%\Zed\settings.json), or .zed/settings.json for one project.
  2. Add this block. If the file already has context_servers, add only the entry inside it.
{
  "context_servers": {
    "hostim": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": ["run", "-i", "--rm", "-e", "HOSTIM_TOKEN", "ghcr.io/hostimdev/cli:v0.1.52", "mcp"],
      "env": { "HOSTIM_TOKEN": "YOUR_HOSTIM_TOKEN" }
    }
  }
}
  1. Replace YOUR_HOSTIM_TOKEN with your own value.
  2. Save the file. Zed starts the server, and Settings › AI › MCP Servers lists it.

Check it worked

Ask Zed: List the tools of hostim.

If it does not start

Cannot connect to the Docker daemon
Docker is not running. Start it, then restart Zed.
The server starts, but its tools fail
A YOUR_… placeholder is still in the config, or its value is wrong.
Nothing changes after a restart
The file is not valid JSON any more. Look for a missing comma where the block was added.

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