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Tailscale MCP for Gemini CLI

io.github.tmhsdigital/tailscale-mcp

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Install Tailscale MCP in Gemini CLI

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

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{
  "mcpServers": {
    "tailscale-mcp": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "-y",
        "@tmhs/tailscale-mcp"
      ],
      "env": {
        "TAILSCALE_MCP_ALLOW_FUNNEL": "<TAILSCALE_MCP_ALLOW_FUNNEL>",
        "TAILSCALE_MCP_READONLY": "<TAILSCALE_MCP_READONLY>",
        "TAILSCALE_MCP_BIN": "<TAILSCALE_MCP_BIN>",
        "TAILSCALE_MCP_TIMEOUT_MS": "<TAILSCALE_MCP_TIMEOUT_MS>"
      }
    }
  }
}

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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