Coding agents

Zed IDE

Native editor with first-class agent support.

Zed has a built-in agent panel. Add FreeTheAi as a custom OpenAI-compatible provider and Zed handles the rest.

Base URL https://api.freetheai.xyz/v1

Recommended models bbg/deepseek-ai/DeepSeek-V4-Pro

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Step by step

Connect Zed IDE to FreeTheAi.

1

Open the Zed assistant

Open Zed and reveal the assistant panel from the right sidebar.
2

Open agent settings

Click the assistant cog and go to `Add Provider` in the top right.

Pick the OpenAI-compatible option and use these values.

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Provider ID: freetheai
Display name: free
Base URL: https://api.freetheai.xyz/v1
API key: PASTE_YOUR_FREETHEAI_KEY

4

Pick a FreeTheAi model

Select your new `free` provider in the model picker and choose any alias from /models. Zed will stream the response right inside the editor.

Recommended aliases

See the full live catalog at /models. Aliases are stable; pricing on the free tier stays $0.

Heads up

Zed expects the provider ID to be lowercase letters, numbers, hyphens, or underscores. `freetheai` is fine, `FreeTheAi` is not.
API key is optional in the form because some users authenticate via headers, but for FreeTheAi paste your real key.

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