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termcp for Gemini CLI

io.github.open-mcp-ai/termcp

An MCP server that lets AI agents act like a human at a real terminal, local or over SSH.

client:Gemini CLI transport:stdio runtime:oci

Install termcp in Gemini CLI

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "termcp": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "ghcr.io/open-mcp-ai/termcp:0.2.1"
      ]
    }
  }
}

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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