Envlet for Gemini CLI
Gemini CLI reads MCP servers from its settings file. One entry adds Envlet, one token gives it access.
Set up
Three steps. The host keeps one secret and everything else arrives at boot.
- 01
Add the MCP server
Add the entry under mcpServers in ~/.gemini/settings.json.
~/.gemini/settings.json{ "mcpServers": { "envlet": { "command": "npx", "args": ["-y", "@envlet/cli", "mcp"] } } } - 02
Give it a token
Add Gemini CLI under Access in the dashboard, or let the migrate prompt do it. Its token opens one environment, and production starts fully withheld.
agent/gemini-cliagentIts own token, separate from your login.- token
- envlet_•••••••• shown once
- opens
- one project, one environment
- expires
- always
- production
- withheld
- 03
Run it through Envlet
Start Gemini CLI with envlet run. It sees the values its token allows and nothing else, and every read shows up under its name.
Terminalenvlet run -- gemini
Migrate with one prompt
The migrate prompt runs the whole migration in Gemini CLI. Values never enter the chat.
- 01Signs you in if it has to. You approve in the browser.
- 02Creates the project with development, staging, and production.
- 03Finds every .env file and imports each one. No value enters the chat.
- 04Links the repository so every command knows its environment.
- 05Creates a token for your CI provider.
- 06Creates its own token. Production stays withheld until you name what it may read.
- 07Puts envlet run in front of your start scripts.
- 08Lists the names you can now delete from .env files, GitHub, Vercel, and AWS. Names only.
Questions
Can Gemini CLI read production secrets?
Not by default. A new agent grant withholds every current and future production variable. You allow specific names when you decide to.
Do agents count toward my plan?
No. Agents and CI jobs are unlimited on every plan. Only humans are members.