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filesystem context for Gemini CLI

io.github.j0hanz/filesystem-context

🔍 Read-only MCP server for secure filesystem exploration, searching, and analysis

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Install filesystem context in Gemini CLI

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "filesystem-context": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@j0hanz/filesystem-context-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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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