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BoardGameGeek MCP Server for Gemini CLI

io.github.kkjdaniel/bgg-mcp

BoardGameGeek MCP server providing access to BGG API data through standardized tools

client:Gemini CLI transport:stdio runtime:oci

Install BoardGameGeek MCP Server in Gemini CLI

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

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{
  "mcpServers": {
    "bgg-mcp": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "docker.io/kdaniel/bgg-mcp:1.6.1"
      ],
      "env": {
        "BGG_API_KEY": "<BGG_API_KEY>",
        "BGG_COOKIE": "<BGG_COOKIE>",
        "BGG_USERNAME": "<BGG_USERNAME>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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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