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Zed 1.9.0 brings in-thread agent search and one-click remote MCP servers to the e…

On July 1, 2026 the Zed editor shipped version 1.9.0, adding in-thread search to its Agent Panel (Ctrl/Cmd+F), a menu entry to quickly add a remote MCP server, and new models (GLM 5.2 and Kimi K2.7 Code via OpenCode Go, DeepSeek V4 Pro via OpenCode Zen), alongside Telescope-style resizable file and text pickers with live previews.

Published Jul 1, 2026 Updated Jul 6, 2026 2 sources

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Impact: low
Confidence: 80%
Change type: feature
First seen: Jul 1, 2026
Last updated: Jul 6, 2026
Audience: developers
Status: Ready

Summary

What changed

Zed 1.9.0 added Agent Panel in-thread search, a quick action to connect a remote MCP server, and support for new coding models (GLM 5.2, Kimi K2.7 Code, DeepSeek V4 Pro), plus resizable live-preview pickers and broad Git, Vim, terminal, and performance improvements.

Why it matters

As a fast, open-source editor, Zed folding remote MCP setup and multi-model agent workflows into the core UI shows agentic features and MCP connectivity becoming baseline editor expectations rather than add-ons, and keeps open, model-agnostic tooling competitive with Cursor and Copilot.

Evidence excerpt

Zed 1.9.0 (July 1, 2026): added in-thread search to the Agent Panel (Ctrl/Cmd+F), added an entry to the Agent Panel options menu to quickly add a remote MCP server, and added GLM 5.2 and Kimi K2.7 Code via OpenCode Go plus DeepSeek V4 Pro via OpenCode Zen.