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footnote for Gemini CLI

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Install footnote in Gemini CLI

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

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{
  "mcpServers": {
    "footnote": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@brick-byte/footnote"
      ],
      "env": {
        "DATABASE_URL": "<DATABASE_URL>",
        "PROVENANCE_DB": "<PROVENANCE_DB>",
        "PROVENANCE_ACTOR": "<PROVENANCE_ACTOR>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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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