MCP Canary for Gemini CLI

com.mcpcanary/inspect

Inspect any remote MCP server: transport, protocol, tools, and side-effect hints. No tool calls.

client:Gemini CLI transport:streamable-http tools:2

Install MCP Canary in Gemini CLI

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "inspect": {
      "httpUrl": "https://api.mcpcanary.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

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