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biolit for Gemini CLI

io.github.rachadele/biolit

LLM-assisted biomedical literature screening and extraction for PubMed, GEO, and preprints.

client:Gemini CLI transport:stdio runtime:pypi

Install biolit in Gemini CLI

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

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{
  "mcpServers": {
    "biolit": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "biolit"
      ],
      "env": {
        "ANTHROPIC_API_KEY": "<ANTHROPIC_API_KEY>",
        "OPENAI_API_KEY": "<OPENAI_API_KEY>",
        "LLM_PROVIDER": "<LLM_PROVIDER>",
        "LLM_MODEL": "<LLM_MODEL>",
        "SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY": "<SEMANTIC_SCHOLAR_API_KEY>",
        "UNPAYWALL_EMAIL": "<UNPAYWALL_EMAIL>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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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