How to Install Stakpak in Zed IDE?

Introduction

What is Zed?

Zed is a next generation code editor designed for high-performance collaboration with humans and AI.

What is Stakpak?

Stakpak is the Open-source DevOps agent that helps you with securing, deploying, and maintaining production-ready infrastructure. (Introduction)

Installation

Method 1: Installing the Extension

1. Install Stakpak

2. Install Zed

3. Open Zed and Sign In

4. Go to Zed > Extensions

1. Search for "Stakpak" then press "Install"

1. To Use Stakpak in Zed

   1. Click Assistant (✨) → + → New stakpak thread

Method 2: Manually

1. Install Stakpak

2. Install Zed

3. Open Zed and Sign In

4. Go to Zed > Settings > Open Settings File

1. Then add this and press save (command s)👇🏻

,
"agent_servers": {
    "Stakpak": {
      "command": "stakpak",
      "args": ["acp"],
      "env": {}
    }
  }

1. To Use Stakpak in Zed

   1. Click Assistant (✨) → + → New stakpak thread

Troubleshooting

Agent not connecting

1. Verify your API key is set correctly:

   echo $STAKPAK_API_KEY

2. Make sure Zed was started from a terminal with the environment variable set

3. Check Zed logs for any error messages

Binary download issues

If the extension fails to download the binary, you can manually install Stakpak:

# macOS (ARM64)
curl -LO https://github.com/stakpak/agent/releases/download/v0.2.66/stakpak-darwin-aarch64.tar.gz
tar -xzf stakpak-darwin-aarch64.tar.gz
sudo mv stakpak /usr/local/bin/

# Verify installation
stakpak --version

Then configure Zed to use the system-installed binary (see Zed extension settings).

Support

For issues, questions, or feature requests:

• Extension issues: stakpak-zed-extension issues

• Stakpak agent issues: agent issues

• Customer Support: Discrod