Zed Integration

Zed is a high-performance collaborative code editor built for speed and focus. Connecting Zed to the Shortcut MCP Server lets AI agents access your Stories and Epics, so they can generate tasks, track progress, and keep Shortcut up to date as you work.

How to Setup

See the Zed MCP Documentation for more information.

1. Open your settings.json file. Instructions here
2. Add the Shortcut MCP server with the hosted server URL:

{
  "context_servers": {
    "shortcut": {
      "url": "https://mcp.shortcut.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

3. Restart Zed.
4. Follow the authorization prompt to authenticate with your Shortcut workspace.

Authentication is handled with OAuth. You do not need to create or store a Shortcut API token.