Gemini CLI Excellent Reference (free) start_excellent_workspace
How to: Gemini CLI Excellent Reference (free) start_excellent_workspace
Add Excellent Reference (free) to Gemini CLI
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Open ~/.gemini/settings.json and merge this in. Keep any servers already there.
{
"mcpServers": {
"reference": {
"httpUrl": "https://beexcellent.ai/api/mcp/public"
}
}
}-
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Save the file and restart Gemini CLI.
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Ask for something start_excellent_workspace does. Gemini CLI lists the server's tools on connect and calls start_excellent_workspace itself — you do not invoke it by name.
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If nothing happens, check the server is running and that Excellent Reference (free)'s identifier in your config matches the one above exactly.
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