Zed MCP

Generate images, PDFs and videos in Zed.

Add Orshot to Zed to render images, PDFs and videos from your templates, publish straight to social, and post at the best time to grow engagement.

Connect with Zed

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

Right in your workflow

One prompt, assets in your build.

Zed calls the Orshot tools inline, renders from your templates, and hands back URLs you can drop straight into your code, CI or CDN.

Batch-render assets from a CSV or database, one per row
Generate certificates, invoices and receipts as PDFs
Publish to social from the same call, no extra API
Resize one design to every format the app needs, in one call

See all agent capabilities

Render this week's quote graphic from my template and post it to LinkedIn.

Rendered and posted to LinkedIn · Zed replies with the links

Interactive previews

Every render comes back ready to ship.

In Zed, renders come back as links you can open. In the Claude and ChatGPT apps, the same results come back as interactive cards you can flip through.

Every render comes back as a link Zed can open
The same Orshot tools, whatever your MCP client
Interactive cards in the Claude and ChatGPT desktop and web apps

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Launch poster · 3 variantsRendered from your template + data

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 an Instagram carousel for the headphones drop: product-first, brand palette, CTA on the last slide.”

Agent

orshot_create_template_design

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Template #4821 · Launch carouselBrand fonts + colors from Acme's kit

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 banner for every campaign in rows A1–A500: offer, dates and the campaign artwork.”

Agent

orshot_generate_image × 500

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500 banners in 1m 52sSigned URLs · avg 220 ms per render

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 the Just Sold post for 12 Maple Ave and publish it to our Instagram and Facebook.”

Agent

orshot_list_social_accounts

orshot_generate_image

orshot_publish_social_post

+412reach

+38%engagement

Live

Posted to Instagram + FacebookLive 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_nodes

orshot_create_workflow

orshot_run_workflow

New Sheet row

Render Weekly Deals

Post to Slack

Live · next run Mon 09:00

Weekly Deals → SlackTest run passed · scheduled Mondays

Security and data handling

Scoped by OAuth, nothing else touched.

OAuth 2.0, standards-compliant

Authorization code with PKCE and dynamic client registration, per the MCP Authorization spec. Tokens stay in your MCP client; the server does not store them.

Scoped to your workspace

Each connection accesses only the Orshot workspaces of the account that authorized it. Disconnect from your client at any time to end access.

Tool calls only

The server receives tool calls and their inputs, nothing else. It never reads your conversation, files or memory, and it only talks to Orshot's own API.

Annotated, permission-aware tools

Every tool declares read-only or write behavior, and destructive actions like delete and publish are marked so your client asks before running them.

Full details in the MCP server reference, the help center, the privacy policy and the terms of service. Questions from your security team? Write to hi@orshot.com.

More setup guides

Wire Orshot into your other tools.

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.

What data can the Orshot MCP server access?

Only the Orshot workspaces of the account that authorized it, over OAuth 2.0 with PKCE. The server receives tool calls and their inputs, never your conversation or files, and every call goes to Orshot's own API. Disconnect from your client at any time to end access.

How are risky actions like delete or publish handled?

Every tool declares whether it reads or writes, and destructive actions carry an explicit annotation, so MCP clients ask for confirmation before running them. Read-only tools like listing templates can run without a prompt.

Can Zed post to my social accounts?

Yes, once you connect that account in your Orshot dashboard. After it is connected, Zed can draft, schedule or publish to it. Rendering and everything else works without connecting any social account.

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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