--- title: Zed + Local AI = Awesome (Free AI Tutorial) | daily.dev description: A step-by-step walkthrough for setting up a local AI coding assistant in the Zed editor using LM Studio. Covers downloading and configuring LM Studio, loading... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/zed-local-ai-awesome-free-ai-tutorial--abtckgkuj twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Zed + Local AI = Awesome (Free AI Tutorial) | daily.dev og:description: A step-by-step walkthrough for setting up a local AI coding assistant in the Zed editor using LM Studio. 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Covers downloading and configuring LM Studio, loading a local model (Qwen 3.5 9B or Gemma), enabling the local LLM server, connecting it to Zed via API URL, and using it for code generation, documentation, and code explanation — all offline with no data leaving your machine. Also explains how to configure context length to avoid token errors. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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