google-gemini/gemini-cliMCP Server

gemini-cli

An open-source AI agent that brings the power of Gemini directly into your terminal.

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AI summary

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Gemini CLI is an open-source terminal-first AI agent that provides direct access to Google's Gemini models for various development tasks, from code generation to workflow automation.

Use this when

Generating or editing code within the command line.
Automating development and operational tasks in scripts.
Debugging issues or troubleshooting via natural language prompts.
Integrating AI assistance directly into GitHub PRs or issues.
Accessing multimodal generation from your terminal (PDFs, images).

Don't use when

A graphical user interface for AI interaction is preferred.
Building custom large language models from scratch.

Capabilities

Code understanding and generation.
Automate operational tasks via terminal.
Ground queries with Google Search for real-time data.
Execute shell commands and file operations.
Integrate with GitHub workflows for PR reviews.
Run non-interactively in scripts.

InstallMCPRun via npx (Node)

Universal installANY TOOL

$ npx skillcity@latest google-gemini/gemini-cli

Auto-detects the skill or MCP server in this repo and installs it for Claude Code, Codex, Cursor or Cline.

Requires Node.js 18+ (ships with npx).

Or install manually

npx -y gemini-cli

MCP Configuration

Add this to your claude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gemini-cli": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "gemini-cli"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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