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cap shield for Gemini CLI

io.github.robinlidberg-dot/cap-shield

Context selection and compression for AI agents - recall measured, not claimed.

client:Gemini CLI transport:stdio runtime:pypi

Install cap shield in Gemini CLI

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

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{
  "mcpServers": {
    "cap-shield": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "cap-shield"
      ],
      "env": {
        "CAP_SHIELD_API_KEY": "<CAP_SHIELD_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

cap shield in other clients

cap shield MCP server