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HydraDNS for Gemini CLI

io.github.hydradns/hydra-mcp

Manage a self-hosted DNS firewall: block domains, create policies, read query logs and metrics.

client:Gemini CLI transport:stdio runtime:oci

Install HydraDNS in Gemini CLI

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

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{
  "mcpServers": {
    "hydra-mcp": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "ghcr.io/hydradns/hydra-cli:0.1.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "HYDRA_API_URL": "<HYDRA_API_URL>",
        "HYDRA_TOKEN": "<HYDRA_TOKEN>",
        "MCP_ROLE": "<MCP_ROLE>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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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