Unblocked is a free desktop app that runs a real browser on your computer. Connect it to Zed and the agent can pull down live pages — fully rendered, including the ones that turn automated tools away.
Zed picks up new tools without a restart, so the browser shows up in the agent panel as soon as it's added.
Zed's settings file is full of comments. Unblocked edits it in place, keeping every comment and your formatting intact — and backs it up first.
Zed lets you switch off its built-in fetch tool per profile, so the agent always reaches for a real browser instead.
Download the app and open it. It appears in your menu bar or tray.
Unblocked adds the server to your Zed settings, keeping your comments and formatting.
It reads the new server on start, and the tools appear in the agent panel.
Open zed: open settings from the command palette and merge this in.
{
"context_servers": {
"unblocked": {
"url": "http://127.0.0.1:8484/mcp"
}
}
}Open the agent panel and paste this in.
Use Unblocked to fetch https://www.google.com/search?q=unblocking+api and list the top 10 results.No. Zed's settings.json allows comments, so Unblocked applies a minimal, targeted edit rather than rewriting the file — comments and formatting survive untouched. It saves a backup alongside first, and if the file has a syntax error it refuses to touch it and shows you the snippet instead.
Zed's agent profiles let you disable individual built-in tools. Turn off the built-in fetch tool in the profile you use and the agent has to reach for the real browser — the one guarantee no other editor offers.
No. Unblocked runs without authentication on your own machine, and answers Zed's checks plainly, so no sign-in flow is triggered.
No — Zed's own docs say remote servers like this one should be added directly, and MCP-server extensions are on the way out. The settings entry is the supported route.
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