⟐ Gemini Dev/2026-10-24Intermediate
The More MCP Servers You Add, the Closer You Get to a 400 — Trimming Gemini CLI Tools Per Task
Reports say Gemini CLI can stop with a 400 once enough MCP tools are loaded. The exact limit isn't confirmed, but deciding what each task carries with includeTools makes the failure easier to isolate and to prevent.
⟐ Gemini Dev/2026-10-19Intermediate
I Set the MCP Timeout to 10 Minutes and It Still Cuts Off at 1 — Tracing Which Layer Decides the Value
You raised an MCP server's timeout in Gemini CLI and it still ends early. A small script lists the value from every config layer, catching unit slips and extension overrides, plus the order I check things in.
⟐ Gemini Dev/2026-09-21Intermediate
The Day I Unplugged an MCP Server for the First Time — How I Decide Which Tools Stay On
Keep adding MCP servers and quality degrades well before you hit the API ceiling of 512 function declarations. Here is how I use includeTools and excludeTools in Gemini CLI to decide which tools stay enabled, and how I put the rest away.