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How to Connect GitBook to Gemini — via MCP

Drive GitBook (docs platform) from any AI agent: spaces, pages, content, search, collections. 9 tools, Bearer auth.

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GitBook

GitBook

Drive GitBook (docs platform) from any AI agent: spaces, pages, content, search, collections. 9 tools, Bearer auth.

tools

9

Region

INTL

Category

Knowledge Base

Authentication

Bearer Token

Required env vars

GITBOOK_API_TOKEN
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Summary

Drive GitBook (docs platform) from any AI agent: spaces, pages, content, search, collections. 9 tools, Bearer auth.

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Example prompts for GitBook

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GitBook + Gemini

Drive GitBook (docs platform) from any AI agent: spaces, pages, content, search, collections. 9 tools, Bearer auth.

Prerequisites

See the full setup instructions baked into the connector (visible in the in-app store when you select the connector). The required environment variables for this connector are:

GITBOOK_API_TOKEN

Step 1 — Get credentials

gitbook.com).

Setup:

  1. Sign in to https://app.gitbook.com → bottom-left avatar → Settings → Developer → Personal access tokens → Create new token.
  2. Copy the token. Set GITBOOK_API_TOKEN.

Authentication: Authorization: Bearer ${GITBOOK_API_TOKEN}.

Hierarchy: Organization → Collection → Space → Page (a tree of pages, sub-pages, content).

Space IDs: each space has a UUID-like ID. Discover via gitbook_list_spaces.

Pages: content lives in pages. Each page has id, slug, title, type (document, group, link), revision_id (every change creates a new revision).

…(continued in the in-app connector instructions)

Step 2 — Install the adapter

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/HelpCode-ai/anythingmcp/main/docker-compose.quickstart.yml -o docker-compose.yml
printf 'JWT_SECRET=%s\nENCRYPTION_KEY=%s\n' "$(openssl rand -hex 32)" "$(openssl rand -hex 32)" > .env
docker compose up -d

Step 3 — Add the connector in Gemini

Your server URL: in AnythingMCP, open MCP Servers → the server this connector is on, and copy its URL (https://cloud.anythingmcp.com/mcp/…). Use it wherever this guide shows YOUR_SERVER_ID.

Gemini CLI reads MCP servers from ~/.gemini/settings.json (or %APPDATA%\gemini\settings.json on Windows). Add:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "anythingmcp": {
      "httpUrl": "https://cloud.anythingmcp.com/mcp/YOUR_SERVER_ID",
      "headers": { "X-API-Key": "YOUR_MCP_API_KEY" }
    }
  }
}
  1. Get your MCP API key from AnythingMCP → MCP Servers → your server → API keys.
  2. Save the file and restart gemini.
  3. Run /mcp inside the Gemini CLI — GitBook should be listed as available.
  4. Vertex AI Studio: pass https://cloud.anythingmcp.com/mcp/YOUR_SERVER_ID to the tools array of your request with the same X-API-Key header.

Available tools

ToolWhat it does
gitbook_get_meReturn the user the token belongs to: id, displayName, email, photoURL
gitbook_list_organizationsList organizations the user is a member of
gitbook_list_spacesList spaces in an organization
gitbook_get_spaceFetch a single space with full metadata
gitbook_get_space_contentGet the table of contents / page tree for a space (latest revision)
gitbook_get_pageFetch a page's content (the JSON AST)
gitbook_search_contentFull-text search across spaces
gitbook_list_collectionsList collections in an organization
gitbook_import_markdown_to_pageImport Markdown content into a page (replaces the page's content)

FAQ

Does Gemini 1.5 Pro or 2.x support MCP? Yes — Gemini CLI ≥ 0.4 and Vertex AI tools API both accept MCP httpUrl connectors with custom headers.

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