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Gemini CLI Sunaiva Gate — Agent Rule Enforcement update_rules

How to: Gemini CLI Sunaiva Gate — Agent Rule Enforcement update_rules

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

Add Sunaiva Gate — Agent Rule Enforcement to Gemini CLI

  1. 01

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

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gate": {
      "httpUrl": "https://mcp.sunaivacore.io"
    }
  }
}
  1. 02

    Save the file and restart Gemini CLI.

  2. 03

    Ask for something update_rules does. Gemini CLI lists the server's tools on connect and calls update_rules itself — you do not invoke it by name.

  3. 04

    If nothing happens, check the server is running and that Sunaiva Gate — Agent Rule Enforcement'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

Set these first

Sunaiva Gate — Agent Rule Enforcement will not start until these are set, so update_rules never becomes available.

  • SUNAIVA_GATE_API_KEY
  • SUNAIVA_GATE_DRY_RUN
  • DISABLE_SUNAIVA_GATE

Same tool, other clients

This list was read from the server itself, by connecting to it and calling tools/list on 24 September 2026. It is what the server actually exposes, not what its listing claims.

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