Connect guide · API key (bearer header)

Connect Cubite LMS to Gemini CLI

In short: Gemini CLI connects to Cubite with a scoped API key: create the key in Admin, then your site, then Integrations; add a cubite entry under mcpServers in your Gemini settings with httpUrl https://cubite.io/api/mcp/mcp and an Authorization: Bearer header; restart Gemini CLI. The same shape works for any HTTP MCP client that can send a bearer header.

Steps

1
Create a scoped API key
In Cubite Admin, open your site, then Integrations, and create a key with only the scopes you need. The key is shown once; store it in a secret manager.

Add the server to Gemini CLI

Put this entry in your Gemini settings file (settings.json in the .gemini folder of your home directory or project).

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "cubite": {
      "httpUrl": "https://cubite.io/api/mcp/mcp",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer ck_your_key_here"
      }
    }
  }
}

json

3
Restart and check
Restart Gemini CLI and list the MCP servers; the cubite server and its tools should appear. Ask for something concrete, such as listing courses.

Good to know

A key carries only the scopes you gave it; a write scope also grants the matching read (except forms:write, which never reads learner responses).
Rotate or revoke keys from the same Integrations screen.

Facts

Server URL: https://cubite.io/api/mcp/mcp (streamable HTTP)
Tools: 137, permissioned per connection or per key
Cost: included with every Cubite site ($290/mo or $2,900/yr)
Disconnect: Delete the key in Admin, then your site, then Integrations; every client using it loses access immediately.

Other assistants

Claude →ChatGPT →Cursor →All clients, permissions and workflows →Which LMS has an MCP server →

Machine-readable copy: gemini.md. Questions: amir@cubite.io or book a walkthrough.

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