Zed + Ample: deploy apps from Zed | Ample

The short version

To let Zed deploy to Ample, install the Ample CLI, run ample auth signup (no browser or card) and connect Zed to the ample mcp server. Then ask it to deploy: Ample builds the app, returns a live HTTPS URL, and explains any failure so Zed can fix it.

Set up Zed for Ample

Install Zed

brew install --cask zed

Install the Ample CLI and create an account

ample auth signup creates an account with no browser, card or CAPTCHA. Claim it by email within 48 hours to keep it (ample auth claim --email you@example.com).

curl -fsSL https://get.ample.computer/install.sh | sh
ample auth signup

Connect Zed to Ample's MCP server

Add this to ~/.config/zed/settings.json, or use Settings > AI > MCP Servers > Add Server.

{
     "context_servers": {
       "ample": {
         "command": "ample",
         "args": ["mcp"],
         "env": {}
       }
     }
}

Add the Ample skills (optional)

Three skills teach Zed when and how to deploy, connect services and migrate. Remove the directories to uninstall.

curl -fsSL https://ample.computer/skills.sh | sh -s -- .agents/skills

Ask it to deploy

The deploy waits until the app is live or failed and returns the URL. On failure the result says who must act and suggests a fix.

Deploy this app to Ample and give me the URL.

Example prompts

Deploy this app to Ample and give me the URL.
Add a Postgres database to this app on Ample and redeploy.
The Ample deploy failed. Read the logs, fix the cause and deploy again.
Put the uploads in an Ample bucket and serve them from the CDN.
Move this app from Heroku to Ample.

Notes

On Linux install with curl -f https://zed.dev/install.sh | sh.
External agents running inside Zed (Claude Code, Codex, OpenCode) use their own configuration; see their pages.