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Gemini MCP Tool

Let Claude Code and other assistants hand large files and codebases to the Gemini CLI for analysis.

Sources and review

Checked against public documentation on September 23, 2026. Suitability guidance is our editorial judgment; this is not a performance benchmark or an endorsement.

Best for

Offloading whole-repository or very large file analysis from Claude Code to Gemini.

Avoid if

You plan commercial use; its licence is a non-commercial variant of MIT. It also needs the Gemini CLI installed and signed in.

About Gemini MCP Tool

Gemini MCP Tool is a small MCP server that lets an assistant such as Claude Code call the Gemini CLI, using Gemini's large context window to analyse big files and codebases referenced with @ syntax, or to brainstorm alongside the calling model. The aim is to save the calling model's own context and tokens.

Gemini MCP Tool is a project written primarily in TypeScript, with 2.3k stars on GitHub. It was last updated in July 2026.

Add Gemini MCP Tool to your MCP client

Generated from the launch command in the project's README. Your client starts the server on demand.

Claude CodeRun in your terminal

claude mcp add gemini-mcp-tool -- npx -y gemini-mcp-tool

Cursor~/.cursor/mcp.json or .cursor/mcp.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gemini-mcp-tool": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "gemini-mcp-tool"]
    }
  }
}

VS Code.vscode/mcp.json

{
  "servers": {
    "gemini-mcp-tool": {
      "type": "stdio",
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "gemini-mcp-tool"]
    }
  }
}

Claude Desktopclaude_desktop_config.json

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gemini-mcp-tool": {
      "command": "npx",
      "args": ["-y", "gemini-mcp-tool"]
    }
  }
}

Codex~/.codex/config.toml

[mcp_servers.gemini-mcp-tool]
command = "npx"
args = ["-y", "gemini-mcp-tool"]

Check the project's README for required accounts, keys and permissions before connecting. Setup guide for each client →

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