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Better Unraid MCP for Gemini CLI

io.github.mswdev/better-unraid-mcp

Monitor and manage an Unraid server from any MCP client: array, Docker, VMs, ZFS, logs, and UPS.

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Install Better Unraid MCP in Gemini CLI

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

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{
  "mcpServers": {
    "better-unraid-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "better-unraid-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "UNRAID_API_URL": "<UNRAID_API_URL>",
        "UNRAID_API_KEY": "<UNRAID_API_KEY>",
        "UNRAID_SSH_HOST": "<UNRAID_SSH_HOST>",
        "UNRAID_SSH_PASSWORD": "<UNRAID_SSH_PASSWORD>",
        "MCP_READ_ONLY": "<MCP_READ_ONLY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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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