# Zed

> Zed is an officially published AI tool from Zed Industries. Anomity scores its risk at 10 out of 100 (low).

- **Canonical URL:** https://catalog.anomity.ai/agent/zed
- **Kind:** AI tool
- **Publisher:** Zed Industries
- **Trust level:** official
- **Risk score:** 10/100 (low)
- **Website:** https://zed.dev
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-02
- **JSON:** https://catalog.anomity.ai/api/entries/agent/zed

## Description

High-performance editor with built-in AI and MCP support

## Why it scored 10

The score starts at the catalog's neutral base of 50 and moves only through the signals below. The formula is published at https://catalog.anomity.ai/about — there is no model and no hidden heuristic.

| Signal | Contribution | Severity | Evidence |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Published by the vendor | -40 | trust offset |  |

Clamped result: **10/100**, band **low**.

## Configuration surface

Files this tool reads on the host. Anything written here changes what the agent does next.

- `zed-global-settings` — Global settings (MCP under context_servers; agent.tool_permissions)
    - win32: `${APPDATA}\Zed\settings.json`
    - darwin: `${HOME}/.config/zed/settings.json`
    - linux: `${HOME}/.config/zed/settings.json`
- `zed-project-settings` — Project settings (.zed/settings.json — context_servers)
    - win32: `${PROJECT}\.zed\settings.json`
    - darwin: `${PROJECT}/.zed/settings.json`
    - linux: `${PROJECT}/.zed/settings.json`
- `zed-project-rules` — Project rules (.rules + AGENTS.md)
    - win32: `${PROJECT}\.rules`
    - darwin: `${PROJECT}/.rules`
    - linux: `${PROJECT}/.rules`
- `zed-user-rules` — Global Zed agent rules (~/.config/zed/AGENTS.md)
    - win32: `${APPDATA}\Zed\AGENTS.md`
    - darwin: `${HOME}/.config/zed/AGENTS.md`
    - linux: `${HOME}/.config/zed/AGENTS.md`
- `zed-project-skills` — Project skills (cross-tool .agents/skills convention)
- `zed-user-skills` — User-scope skills (~/.agents/skills)

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Source: Anomity Catalog (https://catalog.anomity.ai/). Scoring methodology: https://catalog.anomity.ai/about. Machine-readable index: https://catalog.anomity.ai/llms.txt · https://catalog.anomity.ai/openapi.json