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Tailscale Compute for Gemini CLI

io.github.dylantirandaz/tailscale-compute

Run builds, tests, and benchmarks on your own Tailscale compute node.

client:Gemini CLI transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install Tailscale Compute in Gemini CLI

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

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{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tailscale-compute": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@dylantirandaz/tailscale-compute-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "TAILSCALE_COMPUTE_HOST": "<TAILSCALE_COMPUTE_HOST>",
        "TAILSCALE_COMPUTE_LOCAL_ROOT": "<TAILSCALE_COMPUTE_LOCAL_ROOT>",
        "TAILSCALE_COMPUTE_REMOTE_ROOT": "<TAILSCALE_COMPUTE_REMOTE_ROOT>",
        "TAILSCALE_COMPUTE_REMOTE_SHELL": "<TAILSCALE_COMPUTE_REMOTE_SHELL>",
        "TAILSCALE_COMPUTE_CONNECT_TIMEOUT_SECONDS": "<TAILSCALE_COMPUTE_CONNECT_TIMEOUT_SECONDS>",
        "TAILSCALE_COMPUTE_AUDIT_LOG": "<TAILSCALE_COMPUTE_AUDIT_LOG>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Gemini expands $VAR and ${VAR} inside env values, so a secret can live in your shell rather than this file. Gemini CLI docs

Tailscale Compute in other clients

Tailscale Compute MCP server