Gemini CLI Linked API retrieve_ssi

How to: Gemini CLI Linked API retrieve_ssi

client:Gemini CLI transport:streamable-http tool:retrieve_ssi

Add Linked API to Gemini CLI

01
Open ~/.gemini/settings.json and merge this in. Keep any servers already there.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "linkedapi-mcp": {
      "httpUrl": "https://mcp.linkedapi.io/mcp"
    }
  }
}

02
Save the file and restart Gemini CLI.
03
Ask for something retrieve_ssi does. Gemini CLI lists the server's tools on connect and calls retrieve_ssi itself — you do not invoke it by name.
04
If nothing happens, check the server is running and that Linked API's identifier in your config matches the one above exactly.

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

Set these first

Linked API will not start until these are set, so retrieve_ssi never becomes available.

LINKED_API_TOKEN
IDENTIFICATION_TOKEN

Same tool, other clients

This list was read from the server itself, by connecting to it and calling tools/list on 29 October 2026. It is what the server actually exposes, not what its listing claims.

Mutating and Read-only are read off each tool's name, not its schema — a hint, not a guarantee. The registry stores tool names only; connect the server for its live schemas.

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