diff --git a/supacode/Clients/Workspace/WorkspaceClient.swift b/supacode/Clients/Workspace/WorkspaceClient.swift
index 317c1e310..a7ec15e3d 100644
--- a/supacode/Clients/Workspace/WorkspaceClient.swift
+++ b/supacode/Clients/Workspace/WorkspaceClient.swift
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ private func performOpenWorktreeAction(
   worktree: Worktree,
   onError: @escaping @MainActor @Sendable (OpenActionError) -> Void
 ) {
-  let actionTitle = action.title
   switch action {
   case .editor:
     return
@@ -39,12 +38,7 @@ private func performOpenWorktreeAction(
     NSWorkspace.shared.activateFileViewerSelecting([worktree.workingDirectory])
   case .androidStudio, .intellij, .webstorm, .pycharm, .rubymine, .rustrover:
     guard let appURL = NSWorkspace.shared.urlForApplication(withBundleIdentifier: action.bundleIdentifier) else {
-      onError(
-        OpenActionError(
-          title: "\(action.title) not found",
-          message: "Install \(action.title) to open this worktree."
-        )
-      )
+      onError(.appNotFound(action))
       return
     }
     let configuration = NSWorkspace.OpenConfiguration()
@@ -55,42 +49,119 @@ private func performOpenWorktreeAction(
         return
       }
       Task { @MainActor in
-        onError(
-          OpenActionError(
-            title: "Unable to open in \(actionTitle)",
-            message: error.localizedDescription
-          )
-        )
+        onError(.openFailed(action, error))
       }
     }
   case .alacritty, .antigravity, .cursor, .fork, .githubDesktop, .gitkraken, .gitup, .ghostty,
     .kitty, .smartgit, .sourcetree, .sublimeMerge, .terminal, .vscode, .vscodeInsiders,
     .vscodium, .warp, .wezterm, .windsurf, .xcode, .zed:
+    AppLauncher.open(action: action, worktree: worktree, onError: onError)
+  }
+}
+
+/// Opens a worktree directory in an arbitrary macOS app, preferring the app's bundled
+/// command-line helper when it advertises one via `OpenWorktreeAction.cliLauncher`.
+///
+/// A CLI launch is preferred because it lets us pass flags/arguments the plain
+/// "open document" event (`NSWorkspace.open`) cannot — e.g. Zed honoring
+/// `cli_default_open_behavior` to give one window per worktree. Apps without a launcher,
+/// and any app whose helper is missing, fall back to `NSWorkspace.open`.
+enum AppLauncher {
+  enum Plan: Equatable {
+    case cli(executable: URL, arguments: [String])
+    case workspaceOpen(url: URL)
+  }
+
+  static func plan(
+    launcher: OpenWorktreeAction.CLILauncher?,
+    appURL: URL,
+    cliExists: Bool,
+    workingDirectory: URL
+  ) -> Plan {
+    guard let launcher, cliExists else {
+      return .workspaceOpen(url: workingDirectory)
+    }
+    return .cli(
+      executable: appURL.appending(path: launcher.relativeExecutablePath),
+      arguments: launcher.openArguments + [workingDirectory.path]
+    )
+  }
+
+  @MainActor static func open(
+    action: OpenWorktreeAction,
+    worktree: Worktree,
+    onError: @escaping @MainActor @Sendable (OpenActionError) -> Void
+  ) {
     guard let appURL = NSWorkspace.shared.urlForApplication(withBundleIdentifier: action.bundleIdentifier) else {
-      onError(
-        OpenActionError(
-          title: "\(action.title) not found",
-          message: "Install \(action.title) to open this worktree."
-        )
-      )
+      onError(.appNotFound(action))
       return
     }
-    NSWorkspace.shared.open(
-      [worktree.workingDirectory],
-      withApplicationAt: appURL,
-      configuration: .init()
-    ) { _, error in
-      guard let error else {
-        return
+    let launcher = action.cliLauncher
+    let cliExists =
+      launcher.map { FileManager.default.fileExists(atPath: appURL.appending(path: $0.relativeExecutablePath).path) }
+      ?? false
+    switch plan(
+      launcher: launcher,
+      appURL: appURL,
+      cliExists: cliExists,
+      workingDirectory: worktree.workingDirectory
+    ) {
+    case .cli(let executable, let arguments):
+      let process = Process()
+      process.executableURL = executable
+      process.arguments = arguments
+      do {
+        try process.run()
+      } catch {
+        onError(.openFailed(action, error))
       }
-      Task { @MainActor in
-        onError(
-          OpenActionError(
-            title: "Unable to open in \(actionTitle)",
-            message: error.localizedDescription
-          )
-        )
+    case .workspaceOpen(let url):
+      NSWorkspace.shared.open([url], withApplicationAt: appURL, configuration: .init()) { _, error in
+        guard let error else {
+          return
+        }
+        Task { @MainActor in
+          onError(.openFailed(action, error))
+        }
       }
     }
   }
 }
+
+extension OpenWorktreeAction {
+  /// Describes how to open a worktree through an app's bundled command-line helper.
+  struct CLILauncher: Equatable {
+    /// Path to the helper executable, relative to the app bundle root.
+    let relativeExecutablePath: String
+    /// Flags placed before the worktree path; the path is always appended last.
+    let openArguments: [String]
+  }
+
+  /// The bundled CLI used to open a worktree, or `nil` to fall back to `NSWorkspace.open`.
+  var cliLauncher: CLILauncher? {
+    switch self {
+    case .zed:
+      // The bare path (no `-n`) gives one window per worktree when Zed's
+      // `cli_default_open_behavior` is `new_window`, focusing an already-open worktree.
+      CLILauncher(relativeExecutablePath: "Contents/MacOS/cli", openArguments: [])
+    default:
+      nil
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+extension OpenActionError {
+  static func appNotFound(_ action: OpenWorktreeAction) -> OpenActionError {
+    OpenActionError(
+      title: "\(action.title) not found",
+      message: "Install \(action.title) to open this worktree."
+    )
+  }
+
+  static func openFailed(_ action: OpenWorktreeAction, _ error: Error) -> OpenActionError {
+    OpenActionError(
+      title: "Unable to open in \(action.title)",
+      message: error.localizedDescription
+    )
+  }
+}
diff --git a/supacodeTests/AppLauncherTests.swift b/supacodeTests/AppLauncherTests.swift
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..34278a55e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/supacodeTests/AppLauncherTests.swift
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+import Foundation
+import SupacodeSettingsShared
+import Testing
+
+@testable import supacode
+
+struct AppLauncherTests {
+  private let appURL = URL(filePath: "/Applications/Zed.app")
+  private let workingDirectory = URL(filePath: "/Users/me/code/worktree")
+
+  @Test func zedExposesBundledCLILauncher() {
+    #expect(
+      OpenWorktreeAction.zed.cliLauncher
+        == .init(relativeExecutablePath: "Contents/MacOS/cli", openArguments: [])
+    )
+  }
+
+  @Test func appsWithoutABundledCLIHaveNoLauncher() {
+    #expect(OpenWorktreeAction.cursor.cliLauncher == nil)
+    #expect(OpenWorktreeAction.finder.cliLauncher == nil)
+  }
+
+  @Test func planLaunchesCLIWithWorktreePathWhenAvailable() {
+    let plan = AppLauncher.plan(
+      launcher: OpenWorktreeAction.zed.cliLauncher,
+      appURL: appURL,
+      cliExists: true,
+      workingDirectory: workingDirectory
+    )
+    #expect(
+      plan == .cli(
+        executable: appURL.appending(path: "Contents/MacOS/cli"),
+        arguments: ["/Users/me/code/worktree"]
+      )
+    )
+  }
+
+  @Test func planFallsBackToWorkspaceOpenWhenCLIMissing() {
+    let plan = AppLauncher.plan(
+      launcher: OpenWorktreeAction.zed.cliLauncher,
+      appURL: appURL,
+      cliExists: false,
+      workingDirectory: workingDirectory
+    )
+    #expect(plan == .workspaceOpen(url: workingDirectory))
+  }
+
+  @Test func planFallsBackToWorkspaceOpenWhenNoLauncher() {
+    let plan = AppLauncher.plan(
+      launcher: nil,
+      appURL: appURL,
+      cliExists: true,
+      workingDirectory: workingDirectory
+    )
+    #expect(plan == .workspaceOpen(url: workingDirectory))
+  }
+}