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Zed is a code editor with a built-in AI agent panel. Add PostQueen as a remote MCP server and the agent can write posts about your work, schedule them and report how your published posts did.

Before you start

  • Plans: Personal (free), Pro and Business. Zed documents no plan limit on MCP.
  • Platforms: macOS, Linux and Windows.
  • A PostQueen API key. A workspace admin copies it, or the ready-made address, from Connections.
Where the API key is: in the app, open Connections > API Keys. Only a workspace Admin or Super Admin can reveal or rotate it; other members see it masked. A workspace has one key, and each agent card on Connections shows your MCP address with the key already filled in.

Connect Zed

1

Add a remote server

Open Settings > AI > MCP Servers, click Add Server and choose Add Remote Server. Or run zed: open settings file from the command palette.
2

Add PostQueen

Add the postqueen entry, with your key in place of YOUR_API_KEY, and save:
settings.json
3

Check the dot

In Settings > AI > MCP Servers, the dot next to PostQueen turns green, and its tooltip says Server is active.

Check that it works

In the agent panel, ask: “List my PostQueen channels.” The agent calls PostQueen and answers with the channels you connected.

Good to know

  • The key address needs no header and no sign-in. Zed starts a sign-in only when a server answers that it needs one, and the key address does not.
  • The bare https://api.postqueen.ai/mcp address needs a header. Without one, Zed tries a sign-in there. With a header set, a refused key shows as a header error instead.
  • Zed’s agent can add the entry for you if you allow it to edit settings.json.
  • Ask for drafts when you want to check first. A draft waits on your PostQueen calendar, and nothing publishes until you schedule it.
  • What it cannot do over MCP: delete a post, or change a post’s text or time. Do that on the calendar in the app. The MCP tools lists what it can do.

Other ways to connect

settings.json

Try this first

The draft appears on your PostQueen calendar, ready for you to check and schedule. Prompts to try has more.

Troubleshooting

More fixes are on Troubleshooting agents.

Next steps

Every agent

Which agents can post to PostQueen, how each one connects, and what PostQueen has tested.

The MCP tools

What each of the 21 tools does, and what an agent cannot do.

Prompts and tool calls

The order an agent calls the tools in, with prompts that work.

Troubleshooting agents

What to do when a connection or a command fails.
Last modified on September 23, 2026