AI: mcp service is unavailable ，win11

[ottopan]

Summary

Description

Steps to trigger the problem:

1. Install the official extension.
2. Attempt to use the extension.
3. Configure a custom MCP service with a pure SSE service, noting that the current strict format validation requires wrapping SSE services with a command configuration, which is not the case for Mac. For example:

{
"zhipu-web-search-sse": {
    "url": "https://open.bigmodel.cn/api/mcp/web_search/sse?Authorization=ce9e50329765427f9ec9520041092064.fsWEpa4rVP"
  }
}

This configuration works on a Mac but not in the current environment.

Expected Behavior:
The official extension should function correctly after installation, and custom MCP services, including pure SSE services, should be configurable without requiring unnecessary command wrapping.

Actual Behavior:
The official extension is non-functional after installation. The custom MCP service configuration fails due to strict format validation that incorrectly requires command wrapping for SSE services, even though this same configuration works on a Mac.

Model Provider Details

• Provider: (Anthropic via ZedPro, Anthropic via API key, Copilot Chat, Mistral, OpenAI, etc)
• Model Name:
• Mode: (Agent Panel, Inline Assistant, Terminal Assistant or Text Threads)
• Other Details (MCPs, other settings, etc):

Zed Version and System Specs

from here:https://github.com/deevus/zed-windows-builds/releases

[notpeter]

There's not enough details here to actually understand your issue.

1. What extension is this?
2. How did you install it?

MCP SSE is deprecated and I believe Zed only ever supported MCP via stdio.

[ottopan]

This is a Chinese-language MCP SSE service: https://www.modelscope.cn/mcp/servers/ZhipuAI/Zhipu-Web-Search, which I installed this way.

Why was SSE removed? It’s cost me a lot of convenient services. MCP is meant to make life easier for users—why is Zed imposing such restrictions?