Zed

Get going in 30 seconds

Open Zed's settings (Cmd+,) and add:

{
  "language_models": {
    "openai": {
      "version": "1",
      "api_url": "https://northerninference.ca/v1",
      "available_models": [
        {
          "provider": "openai",
          "name": "bedrock/global.anthropic.claude-sonnet-4-6-global",
          "display_name": "Claude Sonnet 4.6 (NI)",
          "max_tokens": 200000
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "assistant": {
    "default_model": {
      "provider": "openai",
      "model": "bedrock/global.anthropic.claude-sonnet-4-6-global"
    }
  }
}

Run Zed: assistant: sign in from the command palette and paste your ni_live_... key when prompted. Open the assistant panel and send a message.

Zed's assistant supports OpenAI-compatible providers as of v0.156+.

Config

Open Zed's settings (Cmd+,) and add:

{
  "language_models": {
    "openai": {
      "version": "1",
      "api_url": "https://northerninference.ca/v1",
      "available_models": [
        {
          "provider": "openai",
          "name": "bedrock/global.anthropic.claude-sonnet-4-6-global",
          "display_name": "Claude Sonnet 4.6 (NI)",
          "max_tokens": 200000
        },
        {
          "provider": "openai",
          "name": "vertex_ai/gemini-2.5-pro-ca",
          "display_name": "Gemini 2.5 Pro (NI)",
          "max_tokens": 128000
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "assistant": {
    "default_model": {
      "provider": "openai",
      "model": "bedrock/global.anthropic.claude-sonnet-4-6-global"
    }
  }
}

Then run Zed: assistant: sign in from the command palette and paste your ni_live_... key when prompted.

Caveats

• Zed should use exact route keys from /models. API key allowed route tiers authorize which routes the key may call.
• Zed's max_tokens here is the context window, not the output cap.