Zed now lets you use your ChatGPT subscription in-agent

Zed has just rolled out ChatGPT subscription sign-in for its agent, matching Codex’s usage and rate limits. The company says you can also connect via ACP, Codex CLI, or an API key, with fast mode support “coming soon.”

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TL;DR

  • ChatGPT subscriptions in Zed agent: Same usage and rate limits as Codex
  • Access options: ChatGPT sign-in, ACP, Codex CLI in terminal, or API key
  • Subscription-based third-party access reaffirmed; contrasted with services shifting toward usage-based billing
  • Edge cases: Thinking level selection issue; Zed says fix is live on latest
  • Fast mode: Support marked “coming soon”
  • Compatibility notes: Uses Zed harness vs ACP;

Zed has announced on X that ChatGPT subscribers can now use those subscriptions in the Zed agent, with “the same usage and rate limits” available in Codex directly. In the same post, the company thanked @openaidevs for continuing to support subscription-based access for third-party tools, even as some services move toward usage-based billing.

The company also stated that Zed supports several different ways to work with OpenAI’s models: signing in with a ChatGPT subscription, connecting via ACP, running the Codex CLI in a terminal, or bringing an API key. Zed pointed readers to its blog for more details.

Zed also answered questions about how the setup compares with ACP, replying that it uses “our harness, vs. theirs over ACP.”

Source: Zed on X

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