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Kybase for Gemini CLI

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Install Kybase in Gemini CLI

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

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{
  "mcpServers": {
    "kybase": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "kybase-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "KYBASE_DATA_DIR": "<KYBASE_DATA_DIR>",
        "EMBEDDING_PROVIDER": "<EMBEDDING_PROVIDER>",
        "OLLAMA_URL": "<OLLAMA_URL>",
        "OLLAMA_MODEL": "<OLLAMA_MODEL>",
        "GOOGLE_API_KEY": "<GOOGLE_API_KEY>",
        "OPENAI_API_KEY": "<OPENAI_API_KEY>",
        "DATABASE_URL": "<DATABASE_URL>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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

Kybase in other clients

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