# 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.

- Server URL: https://cubite.io/api/mcp/mcp (streamable HTTP)
- Auth for Gemini CLI: API key (bearer header)
- Tools: 137, permissioned per connection or per key
- Page: https://cubite.io/mcp/gemini

## 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.
2. 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).

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

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.

## Notes

- 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.
- Disconnect: Delete the key in Admin, then your site, then Integrations; every client using it loses access immediately.

## More

- All clients, permissions and workflows: https://cubite.io/mcp (markdown: https://cubite.io/mcp.md)
- Which other LMS vendors ship MCP servers: https://cubite.io/compare/lms-mcp-servers
- Pricing (the server is included with every site): https://cubite.io/pricing