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Dwarf Fortress (DFHack) for Gemini CLI

io.github.alexanderolvera/dfhack-mcp

MCP server exposing a live Dwarf Fortress fort to an AI agent as curated, semantic tools

client:Gemini CLI transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install Dwarf Fortress (DFHack) in Gemini CLI

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

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{
  "mcpServers": {
    "dfhack-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "dfhack-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "DFHACK_HOST": "<DFHACK_HOST>",
        "DFHACK_PORT": "<DFHACK_PORT>",
        "DFHACK_MCP_ACTUATORS": "<DFHACK_MCP_ACTUATORS>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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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