Gemini CLI TokenLab MCP Server compare_tokenlab_models

Add TokenLab MCP Server to Gemini CLI

1. 01

   Open ~/.gemini/settings.json and merge this in. Keep any servers already there.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tokenlab": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@tokenlabai/mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "TOKENLAB_API_BASE": "<TOKENLAB_API_BASE>",
        "TOKENLAB_API_KEY": "<TOKENLAB_API_KEY>",
        "TOKENLAB_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS": "<TOKENLAB_REQUEST_TIMEOUT_MS>",
        "TOKENLAB_MCP_TOOL_PROFILE": "<TOKENLAB_MCP_TOOL_PROFILE>",
        "TOKENLAB_MCP_SCHEMA_MODE": "<TOKENLAB_MCP_SCHEMA_MODE>",
        "TOKENLAB_MCP_MAX_FILE_BYTES": "<TOKENLAB_MCP_MAX_FILE_BYTES>",
        "TOKENLAB_MCP_INLINE_BYTES": "<TOKENLAB_MCP_INLINE_BYTES>",
        "TOKENLAB_ARTIFACT_DIR": "<TOKENLAB_ARTIFACT_DIR>",
        "TOKENLAB_MANAGEMENT_TOKEN": "<TOKENLAB_MANAGEMENT_TOKEN>"
      }
    }
  }
}

2. 02

   Save the file and restart Gemini CLI.

3. 03

   Ask for something compare_tokenlab_models does. Gemini CLI lists the server's tools on connect and calls compare_tokenlab_models itself — you do not invoke it by name.

4. 04

   If nothing happens, check the server is running and that TokenLab MCP Server's identifier in your config matches the one above exactly.

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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