Gemini CLI

Gemini CLI is Google's open-source terminal coding agent. It supports MCP for native tool calls — or shell out to the vibehost CLI when scripted control is better.

Option 1: MCP server (recommended for interactive use)

Gemini CLI reads MCP servers from ~/.gemini/settings.json:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "vibehost": {
      "httpUrl": "https://api.vibehost.com/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Restart Gemini CLI. First tool call opens your browser for OAuth. After approval, Gemini has the full VibeHost tool surface — deploy, promote, rollback, list logs, manage custom domains.

In a Gemini session:

Deploy this directory to VibeHost as a new app called my-gemini-app.

Gemini picks the right tools (create_app + create_deployment) and returns the live URL.

Note: Gemini uses httpUrl (not url) for HTTP-based MCP servers.

Option 2: CLI as a tool (recommended for scripts and CI)

Install the CLI:

curl -fsSL https://vibehost.com/install.sh | sh

Authenticate with a Personal Access Token:

export VIBEHOST_TOKEN=$(pass vibehost/pat)
vibehost whoami --json

Gemini CLI can shell out to vibehost deploy ./dist etc. Every command takes --json and returns {ok, data | error} for clean agent parsing — see the CLI reference.

When to pick which

Both can coexist.

See also

• MCP server — full tool list + auth details
• Personal access tokens — PAT setup for CI / scripts
• Sibling coding agents: Claude Code, Codex CLI, Cursor, Antigravity, Windsurf, OpenCode, Copilot CLI, Hermes Agent