# Zed Agent

10 Hacker News commenters recommended Zed Agent and 4 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 7 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Recommended for live pair programming and self-hosted models; critics say it breaks on Windows with WSL or SSH remotes.

## Why people recommend it

- Dependable for serious coding work (2 comments): "For serious coding work I use the Zed Agent" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47462557)) "This is why I use Zed and the Zed Agent." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46994965))
- Praised as exceptional and enjoyable (2 comments): "I am really enjoying how zeds agents have worked out in the past few weeks" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48545183)) "The Zed Agent is exceptional!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46503901))

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## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Zed Agent", https://hackerapproved.com/p/zed-agent/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).