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git, time: the Zed configuration snippets are invalid JSON

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Assessment

Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Newbie friendliness
72/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Active
Tech stack
json, typescript
Domain
documentation

Research direction

Start with the snippets in src/git/README.md and src/time/README.md, then compare their inner shapes with Zed’s current settings schema. Check both the context_servers object and the differing command forms. Done means both snippets are valid for the current schema and can be pasted into Zed settings.

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Description

documentation server-git server-time v2
Problem

The Zed configuration snippets in src/git/README.md and src/time/README.md open "context_servers" with [ and close it with ] while containing a keyed member, which is not valid JSON and fails when pasted into Zed's settings.

Expected

context_servers is an object. Check the inner shape of both snippets against Zed's current settings schema at the same time, since the two READMEs differ (one nests command.path, the other uses a flat command).

Prior work
  • #3989 by @abhicris
  • #4231 by @Cyberfilo

The PR(s) above targeted the pre-refactor code and are closed as part of the backlog triage in #4875; this issue is where the work continues, with the PR(s) as a prototype. Thank you to their authors.

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