How to Set Up MCP in Gemini (Android Studio) using Crawleo

If you're an Android developer using Gemini inside Android Studio, you can supercharge your AI workflows by connecting it to Crawleo via MCP (Model Context Protocol). This lets Gemini search and crawl the live web directly—perfect for research, debugging, and building smarter agents.

This guide walks you through the setup step by step.

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What is MCP?

Model Context Protocol (MCP) allows AI assistants like Gemini to call external tools securely. Crawleo provides an MCP server that gives Gemini access to:

• Real-time web search
• Webpage crawling with LLM-optimized Markdown output

No custom plugins. No SDKs. Just configuration.

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Prerequisites

• Android Studio (latest version recommended)
• Gemini enabled in Android Studio
• A Crawleo API key

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Step 1: Open MCP Settings in Android Studio

1. Open Android Studio
2. Go to:

Settings → Tools → AI → MCP Servers

1. Enable:

✔ Enable MCP Servers

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Step 2: Add Crawleo MCP Configuration

In the MCP Servers configuration section, add the following JSON:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "crawleo": {
      "httpUrl": "https://api.crawleo.dev/mcp",
      "transport": "http",
      "headers": {
        "Authorization": "Bearer AuthKey"
      }
    }
  }
}

🔐 Replace AuthKey with your actual Crawleo API key.

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Step 3: Restart Android Studio

Restart the IDE to apply the MCP configuration.

This step is required—Gemini won’t detect the MCP server until the restart is complete.

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Step 4: Verify the MCP Setup in Gemini

1. Open Gemini Chat inside Android Studio
2. Type:

/mcp

If everything is set up correctly, you should see:

crawleo-mcp-server (1.0.0)
• sea1rch_web: Search the web using Crawleo AI-powered search engine
• crawl_web: Crawl a webpage and extract its content in markdown format optimized for LLMs

✅ That means Gemini is now connected to Crawleo.

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What You Can Do Now

With Crawleo MCP enabled, Gemini can:

• Search the live web directly from chat
• Crawl documentation pages and blogs
• Extract clean Markdown for RAG or summaries
• Stay up-to-date without manual browsing

This is especially useful for Android devs working on:

• AI-powered apps
• Developer tooling
• Research-heavy features
• Automation workflows

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Final Thoughts

MCP turns Gemini into a real-time, web-aware assistant—and Crawleo makes it fast, private, and developer-friendly.

Once you try it, you’ll never want to go back to copy-pasting links again 🚀

Happy building!