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Gemini CLI

Tiger MCP for Gemini CLI

io.github.timescale/tiger-cli

Provides programmatic access to Tiger Cloud services, databases, and documentation.

client:Gemini CLI transport:stdio runtime:oci

Install Tiger MCP in Gemini CLI

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

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{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tiger-cli": {
      "command": "docker",
      "args": [
        "run",
        "-i",
        "--rm",
        "ghcr.io/timescale/tiger-cli:0.25.0"
      ],
      "env": {
        "TIGER_PUBLIC_KEY": "<TIGER_PUBLIC_KEY>",
        "TIGER_SECRET_KEY": "<TIGER_SECRET_KEY>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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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