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canlii for Gemini CLI

io.github.mohammadfarooqi/canlii

Search Canadian case law, browse legislation, and check citations via the CanLII API.

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Install canlii in Gemini CLI

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

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{
  "mcpServers": {
    "canlii": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "canlii-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "CANLII_API_KEY": "<CANLII_API_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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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