Gemini

Connect Google Gemini to your Fishbowl once. After that, any new chat can read your Fishbowl data and propose changes for you to approve.

Before you start

You need	Notes
Your MCP server URL	ILC hosts ILC MCP and sends you the address. It looks like https://yourmcp.example.com/mcp — use the real one ILC sends you.
Your Fishbowl login	You sign in as yourself. It is never a shared key, and your Fishbowl permissions carry over.
A Gemini account	A personal Google account (see the limits below).

Add the connector

1. In Gemini, open Settings → Connected Apps.
2. Choose Add a custom app.
3. Enter your MCP server URL and select Next.
4. Approve the account-linking prompt and sign in with your own Fishbowl user over OAuth.

Note

Gemini’s menu labels move as Google updates the product. If Connected Apps or Add a custom app sits elsewhere, look for the custom-app / MCP server option under Settings. The URL and sign-in are the same wherever it lives.

Sign in

Signing in grants the read-only tier — sql:read and docs:read, to read your Fishbowl data and read prior-session notes plus search Fishbowl’s help. Reading is always allowed; any change still waits for your approval.

Ask your first question

Start a chat and ask in plain language:

How many customers do we have?

Gemini reads Fishbowl and answers from your live data.

Gemini eligibility limits

Custom apps in the consumer Gemini app carry conditions Google sets, not ILC:

• Add the server on the web, not the mobile app. You can use it in both afterward.
• Currently limited to personal Google accounts — not work or school — for users 18 or older in the US, with Keep Activity on.

None of this applies to ILC MCP itself; it is about where Gemini’s custom-app feature is available today.

Using a different tool? See Claude or ChatGPT.