Zed with a custom OpenAI-compatible provider

1. 01

   Add the provider to settings

   Zed stores custom providers in settings.json. Add the endpoint and an env-based key reference.

   settings.json

   {
     "language_models": {
       "openai": {
         "api_url": "https://uncensoredai.dev/v1",
         "available_models": [
           {
             "name": "deepseek-v4.1-flash",
             "max_tokens": 1000000
           }
         ]
       }
     }
   }

2. 02

   Provide the key

   Zed reads the key from the environment so it is never written to settings.json.

   macOS / Linux

   export OPENAI_API_KEY="sk-ua-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX"

   Windows (PowerShell)

   $env:OPENAI_API_KEY = "sk-ua-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX"

Commands and configuration below are shown exactly as the tool expects them, so they stay in English.