MCP Anvil for Gemini CLI

com.aiinfradecoded/mcp-anvil

Local MCP gateway daemon: route, audit, and inspect MCP servers from one config.

client:Gemini CLI transport:stdio runtime:pypi

Install MCP Anvil in Gemini CLI

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-anvil": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-anvil"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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