Set up Tuskway in Gemini CLI
Install the plugin first. It already includes the MCP server.
New to Tuskway? See what Gemini CLI gets from it.
Tuskway plugin
The plugin includes the MCP server and the Tuskway workflow skills: start an epic, write the design, draft tickets and tackle them. You connect once.
- 1
In a terminal, not inside the interactive CLI, install the extension. Git needs to be installed. Then restart Gemini CLI.
Installgemini extensions install https://github.com/Tuskway/plugin - 2
Sign in when Gemini CLI asks.
- 3
Say “set up Tuskway”. The setup skill checks the connection, finds your workspace and suggests what to do next.
Without the plugin: MCP server only· show
Connects the tools without the workflow skills. The plugin already includes this server, so use one or the other. If you switch to the plugin, remove this connection.
MCP
gemini mcp add --transport http tuskway https://tuskway.com/mcp