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Gemini CLI Integration

Connect to Gemini CLI

Use viaSocket MCP with Google's Gemini CLI. Enable your AI assistant to perform real-world tasks through a simple, secure connection directly from your command line.

Installing Gemini CLI

First, set up Gemini CLI if you haven't already

Configuring viaSocket MCP in Gemini CLI

  1. Create or edit your settings.json file:

    • User-wide: ~/.gemini/settings.json

    • Project-specific: .gemini/settings.json

  2. Add the following JSON configuration to your settings.json file, replacing the placeholder URL with your MCP URL from below

  3. Save the file and restart Gemini CLI to activate the connection

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Caution: Treat your MCP server URL like a password! It can be used to run tools attached to this server and access your data.

Copy this MCP snippet:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "viaSocket": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": [
        "mcp-remote",
        "https://mcp.viasocket.com/api/mcp/s/MmM5ZDczNWQtMjNmZS00MGFkLWExNTUtYjJkZTM4ZGI1OWFlOmM3OThlOWVhLTZjMGItNDM5MS04MTkwLWMxNDE0OWQ2ODM0Mg==/mcp",
        "--transport",
        "http-only"
      ],
      "trust": true
    }
  }
}

Server URL

The URL for this MCP server, will be displayed on the ViaSocket panel. It should be in the following format.