Gemini CLI withPICA Directory directory_chain

How to: Gemini CLI withPICA Directory directory_chain

client:Gemini CLI transport:streamable-http tool:directory_chain

Add withPICA Directory to Gemini CLI

01
Open ~/.gemini/settings.json and merge this in. Keep any servers already there.

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "pica-directory": {
      "httpUrl": "https://directory.withpica.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

02
Save the file and restart Gemini CLI.
03
Ask for something directory_chain does. Gemini CLI lists the server's tools on connect and calls directory_chain itself — you do not invoke it by name.
04
If nothing happens, check the server is running and that withPICA Directory's identifier in your config matches the one above exactly.

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

Same tool, other clients

This list was read from the server itself, by connecting to it and calling tools/list on 11 November 2026. It is what the server actually exposes, not what its listing claims.

Mutating and Read-only are read off each tool's name, not its schema — a hint, not a guarantee. The registry stores tool names only; connect the server for its live schemas.

withPICA Directory MCP server