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John's Essentials for Gemini CLI

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Install John's Essentials in Gemini CLI

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "johns-essentials": {
      "httpUrl": "https://api.johnsessentials.com/mcp/messages"
    }
  }
}

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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