analyzeFile
Analyzes files using gemini-cli. Supported file types: Images (.png, .jpg, .jpeg, .gif, .webp, .svg, .bmp), Text (.txt, .md, .text), Documents (.pdf)
LABSCO SUMMARY
Gemini becomes a tool call instead of another window.
Three calls cover what a CLI session usually gets opened for: a grounded search, a question, and "what is in this file". Because model, sandbox and yolo are passed straight through, a call made from the assistant behaves like the one you would have typed yourself.
What it is
A wrapper around gemini-cli: a Google search returning structured results, a chat call, and file analysis — each passing through the model, sandbox and yolo options the CLI itself takes.
What you get
- A Google search run through gemini-cli, returning structured results with a limit you set, or the raw output when you ask for it
- A chat exchange with a prompt and a model of your choosing
- Files analysed against a prompt: images (.png, .jpg, .jpeg, .gif, .webp, .svg, .bmp), text (.txt, .md, .text) and documents (.pdf)
Requirements
Gemini-cli on the machine — the --allow-npx option lets the server fetch it through npx instead — and npx on your PATH.
Setup effort
One command — npx mcp-gemini-cli --allow-npx
USE CASES
01
Getting a second model's read on a screenshot or a PDF
Point it at the file with a prompt — images, plain text and markdown, or a PDF — and the analysis comes back in the session you are already working in.
02
Checking a fact without opening a browser
The search runs through gemini-cli and comes back structured, with a limit you set, or as raw output when you would rather read what the CLI actually printed.
03
Asking Gemini something in the middle of another task
A chat call with your prompt and the model you want, so a second opinion does not cost a context switch into another window.
3 tools
Counted once with only startup setup. Other versions, modes or optional credentials may expose a different list.
chat
Engages in a chat conversation with gemini-cli.
googleSearch
Performs a Google search using gemini-cli and returns structured results.
BEFORE YOU INSTALL
What to know first
Tools you get
3 tools when we connected.
Requires
npx on PATH
CONTEXT COST
Light Standing cost
Rated by the size of the 3 tool definitions that ride along on every turn, not by how many there are
INSTALLATION
Connect your client
Add the block to your client, or run the command directly.
Server setup
Configuration file
JSON
{
"mcpServers": {
"mcp-gemini-cli": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"mcp-gemini-cli",
"--allow-npx"
]
}
}
}npx
TERMINAL
npx mcp-gemini-cli --allow-npx
