mcp-server

gemini-cli: Supercharge Your Terminal with Gemini AI

Leverage the Gemini AI directly from your command line to accelerate decision‑making and prototyping. Ideal for tech founders who need instant, code‑native insights.

From the repo · “An open-source AI agent that brings the power of Gemini directly into your terminal.”

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107,504 stars+122★ this week14,755 forksTypeScriptGuide quality 8/10 · reviewed Sep 29Updated 10/22/2026100% 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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🛠️ 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

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How gemini-cli: Supercharge Your Terminal with Gemini AI works
Codeflow
Free to inspect

Gemini-cli: Supercharge Your Terminal with Gemini AI 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. 1
    README.md
    Start here — what it does and how to install it
  2. 2
    scripts/start.js
    Where the program starts running
  3. 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
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Details
Creator
google-gemini
Language
TypeScript
Category
mcp-server
Published
4/17/2025

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