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webfetch for Gemini CLI

io.github.firish/webfetch

Self-hosted web search for LLM agents: search -> fetch -> rank pipeline with semantic caching

client:Gemini CLI transport:stdio runtime:pypi

Install webfetch in Gemini CLI

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

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{
  "mcpServers": {
    "webfetch": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "webfetch-llm"
      ],
      "env": {
        "BRAVE_API_KEY": "<BRAVE_API_KEY>",
        "SERPER_API_KEY": "<SERPER_API_KEY>",
        "TAVILY_API_KEY": "<TAVILY_API_KEY>",
        "WEBFETCH_PROVIDER": "<WEBFETCH_PROVIDER>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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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