Add Zed support to Open actions via editor command aliases

[AdemBenAbdallah]

https://zed.dev/docs/reference/cli#installation

Summary

Add Zed support to the existing "Open" editor flow.

This keeps the current architecture intact by extending the shared editor definition and server open service to support multiple command aliases per editor.

Changes

• add command alias support to the shared editor registry
• support Zed via zed and zeditor
• keep existing VS Code/Cursor behavior unchanged
• add server tests for Zed resolution and fallback behavior

Why

Some Zed installs expose the CLI as zeditor instead of zed. Before this change, Zed could be modeled in the UI but still fail to appear or launch depending on the installed command name.

Verification

• bun fmt
• bun lint
• bun typecheck
• bun run --cwd apps/server test src/open.test.ts

Note

Add zeditor alias fallback for Zed editor in Open actions

• Changes EditorDefinition in packages/contracts/src/editor.ts to replace the single command field with a commands tuple (or null for file-manager), allowing editors to declare multiple candidate binaries.
• Adds a resolveAvailableCommand helper in apps/server/src/open.ts that returns the first installed binary from a list, used when resolving which command to launch.
• The zed editor now lists ["zed", "zeditor"] as candidates, so systems where only the zeditor alias is in PATH are supported.
• file-manager uses commands: null and resolves to the platform-specific opener at runtime; it is excluded from available editors when that opener is not present.

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Note

Low Risk
Low risk: limited to editor command resolution/availability logic, with added tests; primary behavior change is which binary gets launched or whether an editor appears as available.

Overview
Adds support for multiple CLI command aliases per editor by changing editor definitions from a single command to a commands list, and updating the server Open flow to pick the first available binary on PATH (falling back to the primary command).

Updates Zed to resolve via zed or zeditor, adjusts file-manager detection to only appear when the platform opener is available, and expands open.test.ts to cover alias fallback and availability edge cases.

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Verdict: Approved

This PR adds support for editor command aliases, specifically allowing "zeditor" as a fallback for "zed" on Linux systems where Zed installs with that name. The change is self-contained, well-tested, and limited to internal command resolution logic with no API changes or security implications.

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