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Posted by meetpateltech 9/3/2025

Claude Code: Now in Beta in Zed(zed.dev)
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csar 9/3/2025|
Really excited for this. I'm not sure if it supports ESC-ESC (and whether the SDK supports it) but I'm excited to try. If not, I hope Anthropic will add it soon since that's a key feature for fixing mistakes.
Aeolun 9/4/2025||
I think it's just a TAD annoying that this stupid thing uses API key based cost when it has a perfectly good x20 subscription to work with. I just burned through my entire API budget.
nsonha 9/4/2025|
Am I reading this wrong, they added support for Claude Code, which should work with your Anthropic sub. The Claude via API that has always been there is not what they're talking about in this anoucement
Aeolun 9/4/2025||
Which is exactly why I expected it to use my existing subscription, but apparently their integrated Claude Code decided to use the Claude API key I had set in Zed.

Which I didn’t notice until my whole balance ran out.

tdhz77 9/4/2025||
I got charged $20 by an old app key because I thought it worked with Claude max like Claude code does. Does it work with subscriptions? What a waste of $20. Buyer beware.
bestest 9/4/2025||
I would've probably switched from JetBrains to Zed already. But Zed has no vertical tabs support.

I can't believe people are ok with horizontally layed out tabs.

jm4 9/3/2025||
Not sure if anyone from Zed is here. I tried this out and got the following error:

Internal error: { "details": "can't load supported slash commands" }

rtfeldman 9/3/2025||
We just pushed a fix! Here's how to get it:

- Start a new Claude Code Thread, which will kick off the background download of the new Claude Code ACP adapter.

- Wait a few seconds, then start another Claude Code Thread. The new thread will use the updated one.

We're working on a nicer UX for getting updated versions, which we'll definitely ship before Claude Code support leaves beta!

syndeo 9/3/2025|||
Thank you for the quick fix! Your steps worked perfectly.

In any case, I'd like to add that I'm hoping an ACP adapter for OpenAI Codex is in the works; I've grown pretty fond of GPT-5, and would like to be able to tap into my existing ChatGPT Plus subscription; I'd rather not use API pricing at the moment. I prefer using Claude Code vs directly hitting the Anthropic API for the same reason.

Heck, an ACP adapter for Cursor CLI (itself based on Gemini CLI, right?) would even be useful; as that would also let me pick GPT-5.

jm4 9/3/2025||||
Thanks! It successfully installed this time, but now I have a new error:

Internal error: { "details": "Failed to intialize Claude Code.\n\nThis may be caused by incorrect MCP server configuration, try disabling them." }

I logged in via Claude CLI using my subscription.

fatata123 9/4/2025|||
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kreutz 9/3/2025|||
I got this same error. I restarted Zed, and it fixed itself.
jm4 9/3/2025||
Thanks. I tried that. Didn't work.
cmclaughlin 9/3/2025|||
I got this error too.

Tried restarting zed and restarting my computer, but neither resolved it.

pram 9/3/2025||
Same!
bicijay 9/3/2025||
The only reason i didnt move to zed from jetbrains yet is the lack of a more mature Git UI. Other than that, great editor, very fast.
brabel 9/3/2025||
Is it really comparable?? I use JB IDEs heavily and when I tried Zed a few months ago it felt more like Notepad than IntelliJ. Maybe that’s what you’re looking for and I am sure that’s fast, but they seem to have quite different use cases.
pzmarzly 9/3/2025||
After moving to Zed I also missed good Git integration that I had in VSCode with GitLens.

That pushed me to finally try Jujutsu instead of Git, since it has a CLI (and TUI and GUI, if that's your thing) that are perfectly usable by mere mortals. Now I feel as fast as when I had the Git integration, despite using the terminal.

But if I had stuck to Git, trying GitButler or Sublime Merge was the next option on my TODO list.

mickgardner 9/4/2025||
How exactly does this work? I have Zed, I have Claude Code, I can't get the two working together.
FabHK 9/3/2025||
Funny, when I read

> Escape the Terminal

it does not sound like a good thing to me: a) the terminal is fine; b) AI should not escape anything.

raylad 9/4/2025||
Does this use the API or can it use the Claude subscription?

That wasn't stated or perhaps I missed it.

raflueder 9/4/2025|
I've been using with a subscription, both API and subs work.
preaching5271 9/4/2025|
I tried using Zed with TypeScript and after 5 mins I uninstalled the app.
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