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Vivado MCP Native for Gemini CLI

io.github.arthurzxy/vivado-mcp-native

Native MCP server for controlling AMD/Xilinx Vivado on Windows and Linux via persistent Tcl.

client:Gemini CLI transport:stdio runtime:pypi

Install Vivado MCP Native in Gemini CLI

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

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{
  "mcpServers": {
    "vivado-mcp-native": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "vivado-mcp-native"
      ],
      "env": {
        "VIVADO_PATH": "<VIVADO_PATH>",
        "VIVADO_MCP_OUTPUT_ENCODING": "<VIVADO_MCP_OUTPUT_ENCODING>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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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