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Cookwala for Gemini CLI

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Install Cookwala in Gemini CLI

~/.gemini/settings.json · windows: %USERPROFILE%\.gemini\settings.json

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{
  "mcpServers": {
    "cookwala": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@cookwala/mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "COOKWALA_BASE_URL": "<COOKWALA_BASE_URL>",
        "COOKWALA_CACHE_DIR": "<COOKWALA_CACHE_DIR>",
        "COOKWALA_OFFLINE": "<COOKWALA_OFFLINE>",
        "COOKWALA_LANG": "<COOKWALA_LANG>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Gemini expands $VAR and ${VAR} inside env values, so a secret can live in your shell rather than this file. Gemini CLI docs

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