{"schemaVersion":"opencli.cli.v1","slug":"gemini-cli","name":"Gemini CLI","shortName":"gemini","binaryName":"gemini","maker":{"slug":"google-gemini","name":"Google Gemini","type":"org","url":"https://gemini.google.com","officialPlatformMaker":true,"featuredBuilder":false},"category":"AI","description":"The official CLI from Google Gemini. Coding agent, prompting, and terminal assistance from the terminal.","tagline":"Coding agent, prompting, and terminal assistance from the terminal.","install":{"packageManager":"npm","command":"npm i -g @google/gemini-cli","packageName":null,"npmPackage":"@google/gemini-cli","brewFormula":null,"brewCask":null,"crateName":null,"pypiPackage":null,"goPackage":null,"dockerImage":null},"verify":{"command":"gemini --help","signal":"gemini responds locally; authenticate before real work."},"quickStart":"gemini","exampleWorkflow":["gemini"],"agent":{"readiness":{"label":"Human-first CLI","score":10,"reasons":[],"guardrails":["Prefer small commands and ask the agent to summarize plain text output.","Expect prompts; keep a human in the loop for interactive flows.","Verify identity/account before running task commands.","Network access is required; avoid leaking secrets in logs.","Require confirmation before apply, delete, deploy, transfer, merge, or write actions."]},"packUrl":"https://opencli.co/cli/gemini-cli/agent.md","packMarkdown":"# OpenCLI Agent Pack: Gemini CLI\n\nUse this when an AI agent needs to work with `gemini`.\n\n## What this CLI is for\nThe official CLI from Google Gemini. Coding agent, prompting, and terminal assistance from the terminal.\n\nBest for: coding agent, prompting, and terminal assistance from the terminal.\n\n## Agent readiness\nHuman-first CLI (10/100)\n\n\n## Install\n```sh\nnpm i -g @google/gemini-cli\n```\n\n## Verify before real work\n```sh\ngemini --help\n```\nExpected signal: gemini responds locally; authenticate before real work.\n\n## Safe starting commands\n```sh\ngemini --help\n```\n\n```sh\ngemini\n```\n\n## Guardrails for agents\n- Prefer small commands and ask the agent to summarize plain text output.\n- Expect prompts; keep a human in the loop for interactive flows.\n- Verify identity/account before running task commands.\n- Network access is required; avoid leaking secrets in logs.\n- Require confirmation before apply, delete, deploy, transfer, merge, or write actions.\n\n## Suggested agent instruction\nYou may use Gemini CLI (`gemini`) for coding agent, prompting, and terminal assistance from the terminal.. First install it if missing, then run the verify command. Start with read-only or inspection commands. Summarize what you found before changing anything. Ask for confirmation before commands that mutate remote state, spend money, deploy, delete data, merge code, or expose secrets.\n\nSource: OpenCLI\n"},"fit":{"bestFor":"coding agent, prompting, and terminal assistance from the terminal.","useThisIf":"You work with AI models and inference and want a fast terminal interface.","skipIf":"You're not comfortable with a tool that can write to production.","whatHappensNext":"Run `gemini` and see what comes back."},"capabilities":{"agentFriendly":true,"supportsJsonOutput":false,"supportsNonInteractive":false,"supportsDryRun":false,"requiresAuth":true,"requiresNetwork":true,"ciFriendly":false,"localFirst":false,"destructivePotential":"high"},"taxonomy":{"useCases":["Coding agent","Prompting","Terminal assistance"],"aliases":["google gemini cli"],"keywords":["agent coding ai terminal"],"tags":["official","agent-friendly"]},"links":{"website":"https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli","github":"https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli","docs":"https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli","opencli":"https://opencli.co/cli/gemini-cli","markdown":"https://opencli.co/cli/gemini-cli/agent.md","json":"https://opencli.co/cli/gemini-cli.json"},"metrics":{"githubStars":105054,"latestRelease":"2026-06-07T23:09:09Z","license":"Apache-2.0","metricLabel":"npm weekly downloads","metricValue":721351,"metricSource":"npm","metricAsOf":"2026-06-08T11:00:37.606Z"}}