## Summary
- Adds 63 internal links across 41 documentation pages.
- Connects existing terms such as Agent Panel, semantic tokens, edit
predictions, and language-specific debugging to their detailed reference
pages.
- Uses existing wording for 60 links and makes three small wording
changes where a natural anchor did not already exist.
## Why this matters
Readers can now move from overview and configuration pages to the
relevant detailed guidance without searching the documentation manually.
The changes add navigation only. They do not change product behavior or
documented requirements.
## Jev experiment
This PR came from a local experiment using Jev to audit internal links
across the published documentation. The audit scripts are not included
in this PR.
- Code shortlisted 2,715 possible source and destination page pairs.
- Jev made two separate decisions for each pair: whether the link would
help the reader, and which exact existing phrase should become the
anchor.
- Five strong links without existing anchor text went to GPT-5.6 Luna
for minimal rewrite options. Jev then selected among those fixed
options.
- A local review interface surfaced the results for Pass or Fail
decisions before any files changed.
Human review approved 66 changes. Two no longer matched the current
`main` branch, and review removed one circular link, leaving the 63
links in this PR.
## Validation
- `pnpm dlx prettier@3.5.0 <changed docs> --check`
- `lychee --exclude '^http' './docs/src/**/*'` — 0 errors
- `mdbook build docs`
- Verified that the diff adds exactly 63 Markdown links
Release Notes:
- Improved links between related documentation pages.
Audited the AI documentation against the implementation
## Changes
- **tool-permissions**: `skill` tool patterns match the absolute
`SKILL.md` path, not the skill name (fixed the table, example pattern,
and added a clarifying note).
- **external-agents**: Gemini CLI receives Zed's Google AI key when no
env key is set; extension-provided agents are deprecated in favor of the
ACP registry.
- **inline-assistant**: alternatives run alongside the inline assistant
model (not just the default model); fixed a broken anchor and
`gpt-4-mini` → `gpt-5-mini` model id typos.
- **mcp**: corrected the extensions menu item name ("Install New
Servers…"), the remote server `url` example, and removed the nonexistent
`thinking` tool from the profile example.
- **agent-panel**: "New From Summary" lives in the New Thread menu;
corrected the `@`-mention type list (no "instruction files"; added Fetch
and Branch Diff).
- **use-api-access**: DeepSeek default `api_url` includes `/v1`.
- **skills**: folder name is a convention not a requirement; long
descriptions warn rather than fail (measured in bytes); hidden skills
are also `@`-mentionable; dropped the unenforced consecutive-hyphen
rule; reconciled the no-remote-registry note with GitHub import.
- **edit-prediction**: `alt-tab` and `alt-l` are bound across platforms;
predictions are throttled rather than fired on every keystroke.
- **getting-started, windows-and-projects, parallel-agents**: Panel
Layout lives in the title-bar user menu, with
`workspace::UseAgenticLayout`/`UseClassicLayout` action references.
Release Notes:
- N/A
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Co-authored-by: zed-zippy[bot] <234243425+zed-zippy[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>
## Summary
- Restructures the AI docs around quick routing, agent paths, provider
access, and company-specific entry points.
- Moves account-owned AI billing/model pages into Account & Billing
while preserving legacy AI redirects.
- Adds focused pages for Zed Agent, external agents, terminal threads,
agent profiles, skills, instructions, API access, subscriptions,
gateways, and local models.
- Updates related links across Git, authentication, business, migration,
and settings reference docs.
## Validation
- `pnpm dlx prettier@3.5.0 . --write`
- `pnpm dlx prettier@3.5.0 . --check`
- `git diff --check -- docs/src`
- Changed-doc local markdown link sanity check
- `mdbook build docs` was attempted; it is currently blocked by an
unrelated existing `docs/src/vim.md:542` action schema error for
`vim::HelixJumpToWord`.
## Follow-up
- Create a ticket to align Zed's in-app AI configuration surfaces with
this documentation model, including Agent Settings, Configure buttons,
Tools, Profiles, MCP, Skills/Instructions, and plain settings.
## Suggested .rules additions
N/A
Release Notes:
- N/A
## Summary
- Adds a new concept page (`docs/src/windows-and-projects.md`)
explaining how Zed handles multiple projects in windows
- Fixes the VS Code migration guide which incorrectly stated "Zed does
not support multi-root workspaces"
- Adds cross-links from Getting Started, CLI Reference, and Parallel
Agents docs
## Context
With multi-workspace now universally enabled, the default behavior is:
- **File > Open** opens projects in the current window's sidebar (not a
new window)
- **Cmd+Enter** in Open Recent opens in a new window
- **CLI `-n` flag** forces a new window
The VS Code migration guide was telling users the opposite of reality.
This PR fixes that and provides a central concept page that other docs
can link to.
## Changes
| File | Change |
|------|--------|
| `windows-and-projects.md` | New concept page |
| `SUMMARY.md` | Add to Working with Code section |
| `getting-started.md` | Note about sidebar default + link |
| `migrate/vs-code.md` | Fix "no multi-root" claim → explain sidebar
model |
| `reference/cli.md` | Link to concept page from flags section |
| `ai/parallel-agents.md` | Cross-reference in Multiple Projects section
|
## Test plan
- [ ] Verify page renders correctly on docs site
- [ ] Check all internal links resolve
- [ ] Confirm `{#kb projects::OpenRecent}` renders the correct
keybinding
Release Notes:
- N/A
This PR removes Preview callouts from documentation for features that
are now in Stable.
## Files Updated
• docs/src/collaboration/overview.md
• docs/src/debugger.md
• docs/src/configuring-languages.md
• docs/src/troubleshooting.md
• docs/src/outline-panel.md
• docs/src/getting-started.md
• docs/src/tasks.md
• docs/src/ai/edit-prediction.md
• docs/src/ai/llm-providers.md
## What This Does
Removes callouts like:
```markdown
> **Preview:** This feature is available in Zed Preview. It will be included in the next Stable release.
```
And:
```markdown
> **Changed in Preview (v0.XXX).** See [release notes](/releases#0.XXX).
```
These features are now in Stable, so the callouts are no longer needed.
Release Notes:
- N/A
Release Notes:
- Remove Windows/Linux from Getting Started
- Consolidate download & system into new Installation page
- Move Remote Dev out of Windows and into Remote Development
- Add Uninstall page
- Add updates page
- Remove addl learning materials from intro
This PR renames the following actions to make it easier and prioritize
the UI version of interacting with them:
| Before | After |
|--------|--------|
| `OpenSettingsEditor` | `OpenSettings` |
| `OpenSettings` | `OpenSettingsFile` |
| `OpenKeymapEditor` | `OpenKeymap` |
| `OpenKeymap` | `OpenKeymapFile` |
Release Notes:
- Rename actions to open settings (UI/window and JSON file) as well as
to open the keymap (editor tab and JSON file).
- Little tweaks to wording and punctuation
- Remove redundancy on the Configuration and Key binding sections
- Ensure key bindings for the sections mentioned above appear
Release Notes:
- N/A
Temporarily revert #16700 to deal with this error:
`error: manifest path `../crates/docs_preprocessor/Cargo.toml` does not
exist` as it was causing the docs-preprocessor not to run, meaning
unexpanded templates were showing up in the public docs.
Reverts zed-industries/zed#16700
Release Notes:
- N/A
This PR adds a mdbook preprocessor for supporting Zed's docs.
This initial version adds the following custom commands:
**Keybinding**
`{#kb prefix::action_name}` (e.g. `{#kb zed::OpenSettings}`)
Outputs a keybinding template like `<kbd
class="keybinding">{macos_keybinding}|{linux_keybinding}</kbd>`. This
template is processed on the client side through `mdbook` to show the
correct keybinding for the user's platform.
**Action**
`{#action prefix::action_name}` (e.g. `{#action zed::OpenSettings}`)
For now, simply outputs the action name in a readable manner. (e.g.
zed::OpenSettings -> zed: open settings)
In the future we'll add additional modes for this template, like create
a standard way to render `{action} ({keybinding})`.
## Example Usage
```
To open the assistant panel, toggle the right dock by using the {#action workspace::ToggleRightDock} action in the command palette or by using the
{#kb workspace::ToggleRightDock} shortcut.
```
Release Notes:
- N/A
Can't get to many of the settings on linux without opening it, and can't
know the default keystroke to get to it without knowing where to look
first, so its a chicken-n-egg problem of needing to use a
default-keystroke to set the key bindings, esp on linux.
Release Notes:
- N/A
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Co-authored-by: Thorsten Ball <mrnugget@gmail.com>
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