Emerald for Gemini CLI

io.github.kfireliyahu/emerald

The database under the chat: a local SQLite file a model asks for rows, not notes to re-read.

client:Gemini CLI transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install Emerald in Gemini CLI

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "emerald": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "emerald-mcp"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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