James's MCP Server for Gemini CLI

io.github.jgpas/mcp-first-server

MCP server with quote and live cryptocurrency price tools, local and cloud-deployed transports.

client:Gemini CLI transport:streamable-http tools:2

Install James's MCP Server in Gemini CLI

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "mcp-first-server": {
      "httpUrl": "https://mcp-first-server.onrender.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Gemini expands $VAR and ${VAR} inside env values, so a secret can live in your shell rather than this file. Gemini CLI docs