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Generate images, PDFs and videos in Zed.

Add Orshot to Zed's assistant as a context server so its agent can generate visuals from your templates.

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30 free credits · no credit card · hosted MCP, no local install

What Orshot for Agents can do for you:

  • Generate on-brand templates
  • Render carousels, videos from your data
  • Manage your brand assets
  • Plug API, Automation Workflows
  • Post, draft, schedule social content
  • Analyze your social metrics
  • Tell your best time to post
  • See what gets engagement, what doesn't
  • Get every number you need to grow
Zed settings.json
{
  "context_servers": {
    "orshot": {
      "source": "custom",
      "url": "https://mcp.orshot.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Native remote servers need a recent Zed, which prompts the standard MCP OAuth flow. On older versions, connect via the mcp-remote bridge (see Zed's MCP docs).

Full docs
Then just ask

Ask in plain language. Zed does the rest.

Once connected, Zed can call the Orshot tools directly. You describe the visual you want, it renders it from your template and hands back the links.

  • Render OG images, ad creatives and carousels from a template
  • Resize one design to every social format in a single call
  • Generate certificates, invoices and reports as PDFs
  • Publish the render straight to social, in the same step
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You
Use Orshot to generate a thumbnail for this README and reference it at the top.
Zed calls the Orshot MCP tools and returns the rendered links.
Create

On-brand carousels, documents and reels, from a prompt.

Describe the piece and Zed builds it from your templates: a LinkedIn carousel, a one-page document, a reel cover, already in your fonts and colors.

“Build a testimonial card template with a quote, name and avatar.”

“Show me every editable field on the newsletter template.”

Agent session
Completed
You

“Build a 6-slide Instagram carousel for our Black Friday sale: product-first, brand palette, CTA on slide 6.”

Agent
orshot_create_template_design
Template #4821 · 6-slide carousel
Brand fonts + colors pulled from Acme's kitDynamic product / CTA fields on every slide.
Render

Render images, video and PDFs from your data source.

Point Zed at a Google Sheet, an Airtable or a list of rows and it renders one asset per record from a template you designed once: product shots, certificates, thumbnails, the lot.

“Render the pricing template with this month's numbers and give me the PNG.”

“Resize my banner design to every social format in one call.”

Agent session
Completed
You

“Render a product banner for every SKU in rows A1–A500: image, name, sale price, 'Limited' badge.”

Agent
orshot_generate_image × 500
500 product banners in 1m 52s
Signed URLs · avg 220 ms per bannerStraight into your CDN for product pages.
Publish

Post to 15+ social platforms, via Zed and API.

Zed posts to the accounts you have connected, holds a draft for you to read first, or schedules a whole week for the times and timezone you name. Every one of those actions is an API call too.

“Render the certificate and email me a signed URL to download it.”

“Schedule the carousel to post to TikTok tomorrow at 9am.”

Agent session
Completed
You

“Render this week's product drop from the Announcement template and publish it to our Instagram and LinkedIn.”

Agent
orshot_list_social_accountsorshot_generate_imageorshot_publish_social_post
Posted to Instagram + LinkedIn
Rendered from the Announcement templateLive now · caption and first comment set.
Automate

Automate the loop, or drop the API into your codebase.

Have Zed wire up an Orshot Workflow that keeps running after the chat: a trigger, a data source, your template and a destination. Or skip Zed and call the REST API straight from your own app.

“Schedule a workflow to generate a daily quote graphic from a Google Sheet.”

“Create a workflow that reads today's sale items from a sheet and renders banners each morning.”

Agent session
Completed
You

“Set up a workflow: every Monday 9am, render the Weekly Deals template from the newest Google Sheet row and post it to our Slack.”

Agent
orshot_list_workflow_nodesorshot_create_workfloworshot_run_workflow
Workflow is live, runs every Monday
Sheet row → render → Slack, no clicks involvedTest run passed · next run scheduled automatically.
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FAQ

Using Orshot with Zed

My Zed doesn't support remote MCP servers, what now?

Older Zed versions only speak stdio. Connect through the mcp-remote bridge, a local proxy that forwards to the HTTP endpoint. See Zed's MCP docs.

Where does Orshot go in Zed's settings?

Under context_servers in Zed's settings.json, as a custom server with the Orshot MCP URL.

Does the latest Zed support remote MCP servers directly?

Yes. Recent Zed releases connect to HTTP context servers directly. Only older versions need the mcp-remote bridge.

Can Zed's agent render images and PDFs from my templates?

Yes. Add Orshot under context_servers and the agent can render images, PDFs and video from your Orshot templates.

What can Zed do with Orshot once connected?

You can ask Zed in plain language to render images, PDFs and video from your Orshot templates, resize one design to every social format, and publish the result to social. No image infrastructure to build.

Is the Orshot MCP server free to use?

Connecting is free. Renders draw from your Orshot plan, and every account starts with 30 free credits and no credit card.

Give Zed your templates. 30 free credits to try.

No credit card. Connect the hosted MCP server, then let Zed render images, PDFs and video from your Orshot templates.

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