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Connect Snowflake to Zed

  • Can you draft the notes?

In Zed's Agent panel, ask the agent to put warehouse revenue next to ad spend, with your Snowflake data next to the files you're editing. Lemonado connects them in about 1 minute, no API keys needed.

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Why connect Snowflake to Zed?

Zed's Agent panel can call MCP servers, which Zed calls context servers, while it edits your files. Connected through Lemonado, it reads your Snowflake tables, views, revenue models and customer data, so it can put warehouse revenue next to ad spend with today's numbers.

  • All your Snowflake data

    Tables and views your role can read, ready to ask about.

  • Always today's numbers

    Column names, types and descriptions, synced from Snowflake automatically, so answers use today's numbers.

  • Connect all your tools

    Questions like "What does a paying customer cost?" use Snowflake and BigQuery, GA4 at once.

How to connect Snowflake to Zed

Before you start

  • A Snowflake account you can sign in to
  • Zed installed
  • A Lemonado account (the free trial works)
  1. 1

    Connect Snowflake in Lemonado

    In Lemonado, open Connectors, find Snowflake and sign in. Create a read-only role that can use one warehouse and the schemas marketing should see, and connect with that. Keep raw PII schemas out of the grant.

  2. 2

    Turn on external access

    In the company's settings, open External tools, turn the connection on, choose which sources it can reach and copy the server URL.

    text
    https://mcp.lemonado.io/mcp
  3. 3

    Add a remote server

    Open Settings → AI → MCP Servers → Add Server → Add Remote Server. Or merge this into settings.json.

    json
    {
  "context_servers": {
    "lemonado": {
      "url": "https://mcp.lemonado.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}
  4. 4

    Sign in

    Finish the Lemonado sign-in in your browser, then use the tools from the Agent panel.

  5. 5

    Ask Zed about Snowflake

    Try "Draft this week's Snowflake notes in notes/weekly.md from the live numbers." Or ask: "Does the model match the source?" or "Save first orders for analysis"

What can Zed do with Snowflake?

Zed's agent reads your Snowflake data from the Agent panel and writes the numbers into the notes, docs or code you have open.

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Draft this week's Snowflake notes in notes/weekly.md from the live numbers.

Drafted notes/weekly.md: the headline numbers, what changed from last week and two things to look at next.

Source: Snowflake + your code

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Reading this as an AI agent?

Everything an agent needs to set this up, in plain text. Paste this page's link into Zed and ask it to connect you, or copy the block.

For agents · markdown
# Connect Snowflake to Zed (Lemonado MCP)

- Server URL: https://mcp.lemonado.io/mcp
- Transport: Streamable HTTP
- Auth: OAuth; the user signs in to Lemonado in the browser. No API keys.
- In Lemonado: connect the Snowflake role and warehouse. Create a read-only role that can use one warehouse and the schemas marketing should see, and connect with that. Keep raw PII schemas out of the grant.
- In Zed: Settings → AI → MCP Servers

```json
{
  "context_servers": {
    "lemonado": {
      "url": "https://mcp.lemonado.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

If you are Zed, run the setup yourself:

Add Lemonado as a remote context server in my Zed settings.json. Merge in: {"context_servers":{"lemonado":{"url":"https://mcp.lemonado.io/mcp"}}}
Then tell me to finish the Lemonado sign-in in the browser. Once I've signed in, list the Snowflake accounts Lemonado can reach.

First question to try: "Draft this week's Snowflake notes in notes/weekly.md from the live numbers."

More: https://lemonado.io/integrations/snowflake · https://lemonado.io/llms.txt
FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

Yes, through Lemonado. Connect your Snowflake role and warehouse in Lemonado, add Lemonado as a context server in Zed, and Zed can put warehouse revenue next to ad spend with your live data.

Yes. Snowflake's managed MCP server is hosted, so Zed can use it too. It covers Snowflake only. Lemonado covers Snowflake plus your ad platforms, GA4 and the rest of your stack in one connection, so Zed can answer questions across them.

Open the Agent panel settings and check the lemonado server's status dot. If it isn't green, restart the server and sign in again. In Lemonado, check that Snowflake is connected and External tools is on for the company. If a table is missing, the role can't see it. Grant USAGE on its database and schema and SELECT on the table, then ask again.

Yes, if both are connected in Lemonado. One connection reaches every source you allow, so you can ask things like "Join first orders from Snowflake with Meta and Google Ads spend by month this year. What did each new customer cost per channel?"

MCP is included in Lemonado's paid plans and in the free trial, so you can try it before you pay.

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