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DeepThonk for Gemini CLI

io.github.linxule/deepthonk

Provider-neutral OpenDeepThink reasoning server: generate, judge, rank, mutate.

client:Gemini CLI transport:stdio runtime:npm

Install DeepThonk in Gemini CLI

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

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{
  "mcpServers": {
    "deepthonk": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "deepthonk"
      ],
      "env": {
        "DEEPSEEK_API_KEY": "<DEEPSEEK_API_KEY>",
        "OPENROUTER_API_KEY": "<OPENROUTER_API_KEY>",
        "DEEPTHONK_API_KEY": "<DEEPTHONK_API_KEY>",
        "DEEPTHONK_CONFIG": "<DEEPTHONK_CONFIG>",
        "DEEPTHONK_PROFILES_DIR": "<DEEPTHONK_PROFILES_DIR>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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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