Setup Guide

• Set workspace/project path for Gemini to work on

  • Set GEMINI_WORKSPACE_DIR=<YOUR PROJECT PATH> in ~/.bash_profile

• Get Gemini API key

  • Access to https://aistudio.google.com/ to create key

• Copy .env.example to .env and fill up env below.

  • For general or coding use:
    • GEMINI_API_KEY
    • GIT_EMAIL
    • GIT_USERNAME
  • For database use:
    • DB1_ENDPOINT
    • DB1_PORT
    • DB1_USER
    • DB1_PASS
    • DB1_DATABASE_NAME

• Create Docker network

  • docker network create global-net

• Add Docker network to any Datbase docker-compose.yml configuration

  services:
    DB_Container:
        # --- add below ---
        networks:
          global-net:
  
        networks:
          global-net:
            external: true

• Start up

  • docker compose up -d
  • docker exec -it gemini_cli bash *** Notes: May take some times to load up CLI

• Check available MCP tools via /mcp command