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Gemini CLI workbench parse_sanger_trace

How to: Gemini CLI workbench parse_sanger_trace

client:Gemini CLI transport:streamable-http tool:parse_sanger_trace

Add workbench to Gemini CLI

  1. 01

    Open ~/.gemini/settings.json and merge this in. Keep any servers already there.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "workbench": {
      "httpUrl": "https://seqbench.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}
  1. 02

    Save the file and restart Gemini CLI.

  2. 03

    Ask for something parse_sanger_trace does. Gemini CLI lists the server's tools on connect and calls parse_sanger_trace itself — you do not invoke it by name.

  3. 04

    If nothing happens, check the server is running and that workbench's identifier in your config matches the one above exactly.

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

Same tool, other clients

This list was read from the server itself, by connecting to it and calling tools/list on 24 September 2026. It is what the server actually exposes, not what its listing claims.

Mutating and Read-only are read off each tool's name, not its schema — a hint, not a guarantee. The registry stores tool names only; connect the server for its live schemas.