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handbook for Gemini CLI

io.github.jannks/handbook

MCP server for the Handbook API – manage handbook entries via CRUD, overview and tag search.

client:Gemini CLI transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install handbook in Gemini CLI

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

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{
  "mcpServers": {
    "handbook": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@ah-oh/handbook-mcp-server"
      ],
      "env": {
        "HANDBOOK_API_TOKEN": "<HANDBOOK_API_TOKEN>",
        "HANDBOOK_API_URL": "<HANDBOOK_API_URL>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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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