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Populi for Gemini CLI

io.github.kisasa/populi-mcp

Populi API v2 for student information systems: search the API, read data, optionally write

client:Gemini CLI transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install Populi in Gemini CLI

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

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{
  "mcpServers": {
    "populi-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@kisasa/populi-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "POPULI_BASE_URL": "<POPULI_BASE_URL>",
        "POPULI_API_KEY": "<POPULI_API_KEY>",
        "POPULI_ALLOW_WRITES": "<POPULI_ALLOW_WRITES>",
        "POPULI_FILES_DIR": "<POPULI_FILES_DIR>",
        "POPULI_TIMEOUT_MS": "<POPULI_TIMEOUT_MS>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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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