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arxivsub mcp for Gemini CLI

io.github.arxivsub/arxivsub-mcp

Search arXiv and major AI/ML/CV/NLP/robotics conference papers and their related work.

client:Gemini CLI transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install arxivsub mcp in Gemini CLI

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

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{
  "mcpServers": {
    "arxivsub-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "arxivsub-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ARXIVSUB_SKILL_KEY": "<ARXIVSUB_SKILL_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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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