Gemini CLI Setup

Configure Glider with Google Gemini CLI (MCP).

Gemini CLI

Prerequisite: .NET 10 SDK must be installed before running dotnet tool install --global glider.
dotnet tool install --global glider
Gemini CLI launches stdio MCP servers via command. Make sure glider is available on PATH.
# bash/zsh
export PATH="$PATH:$HOME/.dotnet/tools"
which glider
Create .gemini/settings.json in your project. Gemini CLI docs: geminicli.com/docs/tools/mcp-server. For larger solutions, set args to ["--default-timeout", "30m"].
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "glider": {
      "command": "glider",
      "args": []
    }
  }
}
Create/modify your user settings file: macOS/Linux ~/.gemini/settings.json, Windows %USERPROFILE%\.gemini\settings.json. You can also pass ["--default-timeout", "30m"] in args if you want a longer server-side timeout everywhere.
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "glider": {
      "command": "glider",
      "args": []
    }
  }
}