[Bug] Edit prompt in Zed not syncing back to claude code

Status Fixed / completed
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Activity 4 comments · opened Oct 11, 2025 · closed Nov 24, 2025

Bug Description
Edited prompt in Zed is not synced back to CC.

ctrl-g opens the temp file in zed with the prompt (looks like /private/var/folders/t2/_z6hd0p103l4f_nxqpwjz9sc0000gn/T/claude-prompt-4e19f36f-239a-4717-81d8-aad24eb434d4.md), but when updated, saved and tab closed - it's not synced back to CC

Environment Info

  • Platform: darwin
  • Terminal: ghostty
  • Version: 2.0.14
  • Feedback ID: 502c9b67-8118-4ebd-b1e0-206938f2b6f8

Errors

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I've tried this from ghostty and from built-in Zed terminal

Zed: v0.207.4 (Zed)
OS: macOS 26.0.1
Memory: 24 GiB
Architecture: aarch64

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4 Comments

mquandalle · 11 months ago

What is your EDITOR env var? Needs to be zed -w

juanibiapina · 10 months ago

Also doesn't work with neovim

ZombieHarvester · 10 months ago
What is your EDITOR env var? Needs to be zed -w

thanks @mquandalle, changing editor from zed to zed -w helped

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