Gemini CLI

by Google

Google's open-source agent that brings Gemini to your terminal, with a generous free quota.

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What it does

Free tier with a personal Google account (up to 1,000 requests per day)
Built-in Google Search grounding and a large context window
Extensible with MCP servers and usable in GitHub Actions

Install it

Requirements: Node.js and a Google account.

Try without installing

npx @google/gemini-cli

Install globally

npm install -g @google/gemini-cli

Run

gemini

The prompt for your agent

Paste it into your coding agent: it checks the requirements and installs it for you.

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Prompt

Help me get started with Gemini CLI (https://geminicli.com).
1. Summarize what the tool can do for me: Google's open-source agent that brings Gemini to your terminal, with a generous free quota.
2. Explain how to create an account and check current pricing on the official site.
3. Suggest a first concrete use case, step by step.

Always review what your agent is about to run, especially install commands.