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SearchForge for Gemini CLI

io.github.divyanshu-iitian/searchforge

Free open-source web search and page reading for LLMs, AI agents, and RAG.

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Install SearchForge in Gemini CLI

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

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{
  "mcpServers": {
    "searchforge": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "ghcr.io/divyanshu-iitian/searchforge-mcp:0.2.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "SEARCHFORGE_SEARXNG_URL": "<SEARCHFORGE_SEARXNG_URL>",
        "GITHUB_TOKEN": "<GITHUB_TOKEN>",
        "CROSSREF_MAILTO": "<CROSSREF_MAILTO>",
        "BRAVE_SEARCH_API_KEY": "<BRAVE_SEARCH_API_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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