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Gemini CLI

tether for Gemini CLI

io.github.sidyellur/tether

Local-first agent memory over SQLite: remember, recall, link, forget. Degrades, never fails.

client:Gemini CLI transport:stdio runtime:pypi

Install tether in Gemini CLI

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

Held in this page only — never stored, logged, or sent anywhere but back to your screen. 

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tether": {
      "command": "uvx",
      "args": [
        "tether-memory"
      ],
      "env": {
        "TETHER_DB": "<TETHER_DB>",
        "TETHER_SEMANTIC": "<TETHER_SEMANTIC>",
        "TETHER_SYNC_URL": "<TETHER_SYNC_URL>",
        "TETHER_SYNC_TOKEN": "<TETHER_SYNC_TOKEN>"
      }
    }
  }
}

Gemini expands $VAR and ${VAR} inside env values, so a secret can live in your shell rather than this file. Gemini CLI docs

tether in other clients

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