Remote Desktop Commander for Gemini CLI

app.desktopcommander/remote-desktop-commander

Hosted MCP server connecting claude.ai, ChatGPT and other AI apps to your own computer

client:Gemini CLI transport:streamable-http

Install Remote Desktop Commander in Gemini CLI

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "remote-desktop-commander": {
      "httpUrl": "https://mcp.desktopcommander.app/mcp"
    }
  }
}

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