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Filesystem for Gemini CLI

io.github.modelcontextprotocol/server-filesystem

Reference server for local file operations, scoped to directories you pass as arguments. Read, write, edit, search and inspect files and directory trees.

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Install Filesystem in Gemini CLI

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "server-filesystem": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@modelcontextprotocol/server-filesystem"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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

What Gemini CLI can do once it is connected

Filesystem in other clients