docs: add zed as coder_app to open from workspace with a hotlink (#17236)

sharkymark · EdwardAngert · web-flow · commit 33351290fcc5 · 2025-04-07T09:43:19.000-04:00
I want to open the locally installed Zed IDE as an icon from a Coder workspace. To do this, I added a `coder_app` resource and a `url` with Zed's remote development hotlink approach. ```hcl resource "coder_app" "zed" { agent_id = coder_agent.dev.id slug = "slug" display_name = "Zed" external = true url = "zed://ssh/coder.${data.coder_workspace.me.name}" icon = "/icon/zed.svg" } ``` My [community Docker template](https://github.com/sharkymark/v2-templates/blob/main/src/docker-code-server/main.tf) lets the user choose VS Code Desktop, code-server or Zed. ![image](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/cd0d4d50-fb7d-4feb-9a9b-5ccecc131387) ![image](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/dfd994e8-52e1-4417-a5aa-3041f6dbf072) @kylecarbs --------- Co-authored-by: Edward Angert <EdwardAngert@users.noreply.github.com>
diff --git a/docs/user-guides/workspace-access/zed.md b/docs/user-guides/workspace-access/zed.md
@@ -62,6 +62,19 @@ Use the Coder CLI to log in and configure SSH, then connect to your workspace wi
    zed ssh://coder.workspace-name
    ```
 
+1. Connect via a coder_app workspace icon and SSH hotlink:
+
+   ```hcl
+   resource "coder_app" "zed" {
+     agent_id = coder_agent.main.id
+     slug          = "slug"
+     display_name  = "Zed"
+     external = true
+     url      = "zed://ssh/coder.${data.coder_workspace.me.name}"
+     icon     = "/icon/zed.svg"
+   }
+   ```
+
    Or use Zed's [Remote Development](https://zed.dev/docs/remote-development#setup) to connect to the workspace:
 
    ![Zed open remote project](../../images/zed/zed-ssh-open-remote.png)
