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gemini-cli: AI in your terminal

Name: gemini-cli: AI in your terminal
Author: google-gemini

Get AI power with gemini-cli,, 105k+ GitHub stars

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106,674 stars14,481 forksTypeScriptGuide quality 8/10Updated 8/25/2026100% free · open source

What it is

Use Gemini directly in your terminal to get answers and automate tasks.

Real use case example

"A founder creating a new SaaS product wants to automatically add new customers to their spreadsheet. They can use Gemini-cli to write a custom script that queries Gemini, pulls the customer data, and updates the spreadsheet. The script runs continuously in the background, and the founder receives real-time updates on new customers."

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When to use it

•When you need to automate repetitive tasks using AI-generated text or responses
•When you want to integrate AI capabilities into your command-line workflow or scripts
•When you need to test or experiment with AI models without a graphical interface

Ready-to-paste prompt

gemini generate --prompt 'Write a product description for a new smartwatch' --model 'text-davinci-002'

Heads up: You need to have a Gemini API key to use the gemini-cli tool, which can be obtained by creating a Gemini account and following the instructions in the README

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Use with Claude

New

Skip the builder — one click puts this in Claude, Cursor, Antigravity and more.

🛠️ Technical setup

Expect 20–40 minutes in a terminal — or let your AI agent drive it.

Try it instantly — no install

Claude Code

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/gemini-cli && curl -fsSL https://workflowstacks.com/api/skills/gemini-cli/claude-skill -o ~/.claude/skills/gemini-cli/SKILL.md

Open in another AI app

Opens the app with this repo with the prompt ready to go — no copy-paste needed.

Connect the whole catalog (MCP)

claude mcp add --transport http workflowstacks https://workflowstacks.com/api/mcp

Adds a WorkflowStacks connector to Claude Code: search and load any skill here by chatting.

How gemini-cli: AI in your terminal works

Codeflow

Free to inspect

Gemini-cli: AI in your terminal is a very large TypeScript project (~556k lines across 2284 code files). It is a full software project: use it through its install path rather than reading it end to end. Last commit this month, Apache-2.0 license, has a test suite.

Size

Very large codebase

~556k lines · 2284 code files · days to read — use, don't read

Setup

Developer setup

A real software project. Use it via its install path; don't expect to read it all.

Runs on

Node.js · Docker

No API keys detected

TypeScript 97%JavaScript 2%Python 1%

Where to start reading

1
README.md
Start here — what it does and how to install it
2
scripts/start.js
Where the program starts running
3
package.json
Dependencies and the commands it exposes

What's in each folder

packages/Sub-packages / plugins2315 files

docs/Documentation125 files

integration-tests/Folder120 files

tools/Helper scripts117 files

scripts/Helper scripts83 files

.github/CI / automation (GitHub Actions)73 files

.gemini/Folder46 files

evals/Evaluations & benchmarks46 files

READMEHas testsDocumentedCI checksDocker readyApache-2.0 licenseUpdated this month

Use with Claude

New

Skip the builder — one click puts this in Claude, Cursor, Antigravity and more.

🛠️ Technical setup

Expect 20–40 minutes in a terminal — or let your AI agent drive it.

Try it instantly — no install

Claude Code

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/gemini-cli && curl -fsSL https://workflowstacks.com/api/skills/gemini-cli/claude-skill -o ~/.claude/skills/gemini-cli/SKILL.md

Open in another AI app

Opens the app with this repo with the prompt ready to go — no copy-paste needed.

Connect the whole catalog (MCP)

claude mcp add --transport http workflowstacks https://workflowstacks.com/api/mcp

Adds a WorkflowStacks connector to Claude Code: search and load any skill here by chatting.

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Details

Creator

google-gemini

Language

TypeScript