Gemini CLI

Connect Walter Writes AI to Gemini CLI for text humanization and AI detection directly in your terminal. See the Overview for full feature details and examples.

Step 1. Open the config file

Gemini CLI stores its configuration in your home directory.

1. Open Terminal.
2. Open the settings file in a text editor (for example, nano):

nano ~/.gemini/settings.json

Step 2. Update the JSON config

Edit the file so that the mcpServers section contains the Walter Writes server URL.

Important: Gemini CLI detects remote servers by the presence of a "url" key. Adding a "transport": "sse" key causes a validation error (Unrecognized key(s)).

Set the file contents to:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "walter-writes": {
      "url": "https://mcp-server.walterwrites.ai/mcp"
    }
  }
}

In nano: press Ctrl + O (then Enter) to save, and Ctrl + X to exit.

Step 3. Authorize the MCP server

Authenticate the server once before launching chat:

1. Start the interactive Gemini chat:

gemini

(Or use npx @google/gemini-cli if the CLI is not installed globally.)

2. Check connected plugins with the built-in command:

/mcp

3. Connect and authorise the Walter-Writes server.

/mcp auth walter-writes

Step 4. Using the tools

Chat with Gemini normally. The model calls the Walter Writes tools when needed.