Cursor + Gemini Setup

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Step 1: Get a Gemini API Key

1. Go to Google AI Studio
2. Sign in with your Google account and accept the Terms of Service
3. Click Create API key, choose or create a Google Cloud project
4. Copy your API key — you’ll need it in Step 3

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Step 2: Clone and build Claude Mem

git clone https://github.com/thedotmack/claude-mem.git
cd claude-mem
bun install
bun run build

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Step 3: Configure Gemini provider

bun run cursor:setup

mkdir -p ~/.claude-mem
cat > ~/.claude-mem/settings.json << 'EOF'
{
  "CLAUDE_MEM_PROVIDER": "gemini",
  "CLAUDE_MEM_GEMINI_API_KEY": "YOUR_GEMINI_API_KEY"
}
EOF

bun run cursor:install
bun run worker:start

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Step 4: Restart Cursor and verify

bun run worker:status
bun run cursor:status

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Available models

{
  "CLAUDE_MEM_PROVIDER": "gemini",
  "CLAUDE_MEM_GEMINI_API_KEY": "your-key",
  "CLAUDE_MEM_GEMINI_MODEL": "gemini-2.5-flash"
}

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