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calibre mcp for Gemini CLI

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Install calibre mcp in Gemini CLI

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

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{
  "mcpServers": {
    "calibre-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "calibre-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "CALIBRE_MCP_SERVER_URL": "<CALIBRE_MCP_SERVER_URL>",
        "CALIBRE_MCP_LIBRARY": "<CALIBRE_MCP_LIBRARY>",
        "CALIBRE_MCP_ENABLE_WRITE": "<CALIBRE_MCP_ENABLE_WRITE>",
        "CALIBRE_MCP_CALIBREDB_PATH": "<CALIBRE_MCP_CALIBREDB_PATH>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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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