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Banjo for Gemini CLI

io.github.shatch/banjo

Self-hosted AI assistant that places real phone calls for you: bookings, reservations, errands.

client:Gemini CLI transport:stdio runtime:oci

Install Banjo in Gemini CLI

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

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{
  "mcpServers": {
    "banjo": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "ghcr.io/shatch/banjo:0.1.23"
      ],
      "env": {
        "DATABASE_URL": "<DATABASE_URL>",
        "MCP_API_KEY": "<MCP_API_KEY>",
        "ASSISTANT_PRINCIPAL_NAME": "<ASSISTANT_PRINCIPAL_NAME>",
        "PUBLIC_HOSTNAME": "<PUBLIC_HOSTNAME>",
        "VOICE_AI_PROVIDER": "<VOICE_AI_PROVIDER>",
        "OPENAI_API_KEY": "<OPENAI_API_KEY>",
        "TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID": "<TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID>",
        "TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN": "<TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN>",
        "TWILIO_PHONE_NUMBER": "<TWILIO_PHONE_NUMBER>",
        "NOTIFICATION_CHANNEL": "<NOTIFICATION_CHANNEL>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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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