Wield Google's Gemini CLI as a powerful auxiliary tool for code generation, review, analysis, and web research.

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Install Gemini CLI

skills CLI
$ npx skills add forayconsulting/gemini_cli_skill --skill gemini-cli -a claude-code

Project install by default; add -g for ~/.claude/skills/.

GitHub CLI
$ gh skill install forayconsulting/gemini_cli_skill gemini-cli --agent claude-code

Project scope by default; add --scope user for a personal install. Needs GitHub CLI 2.90.0 or later (public preview).

Claude Code skills documentation · loads skills from .claude/skills/

Facts

Skill name
gemini-cli
GitHub stars
191
Used in
1 other repo
Token cost
~1.4k tokens
SKILL.md length
442 words
Files
6
Skills in repo
1
Repo updated
First seen
Licence
None found

At a glance

Wield Google's Gemini CLI as a powerful auxiliary tool for code generation, review, analysis, and web research.

  • Works in 4 steps: Verify Installation → Basic Command Pattern → Critical Behavioral Notes → …
  • Tasks benefit from a second AI perspective
  • SKILL.md covers When to Use This Skill, Core Instructions, Quick Reference Commands and Error Handling, plus 4 more sections
  • Calls gemini

What it does

Gemini CLI is an agent skill from forayconsulting/gemini_cli_skill. Wield Google's Gemini CLI as a powerful auxiliary tool for code generation, review, analysis, and web research. Use when tasks benefit from a second AI perspective, current web information via Google Search, codebase architecture analysis, or parallel code generation. Also use when user explicitly requests Gemini operations.

Its SKILL.md is about 1.4k tokens, which your agent loads only when the skill is triggered. The skill folder holds 5 other files (for example `README.md`, `patterns.md` and `reference.md`).

It sits in Development, covering Customer feedback analysis and Web search. The repository describes itself as: A Claude Code skill enabling Claude to use Gemini 3 Pro via Gemini CLI.

When your agent uses it

  • Tasks benefit from a second AI perspective
  • Current web information via Google Search
  • Codebase architecture analysis
  • Parallel code generation

Example prompts

  • “/gemini-cli”

Requirements

  • Pre-approved tools (allowed-tools): Bash, Read, Write, Grep, Glob

Workflow steps

4 steps, taken from the step headings in SKILL.md.

  1. Verify Installation
  2. Basic Command Pattern
  3. Critical Behavioral Notes
  4. Output Processing

What it can do on your machine

Read from SKILL.md and the folder at commit 22d0aa3. It shows what the files ask for, not the result of running them.

  • Tool permissions

    Pre-approves these tools, so the agent can use them without asking each time:

    • Bash
    • Read
    • Write
    • Grep
    • Glob

    From allowed-tools in the SKILL.md frontmatter.

  • Runs code

    Shell commands in SKILL.md call:

    • gemini

    From the folder's file list and the shell code blocks in SKILL.md.

  • Network

    No URLs in SKILL.md.

    From URLs in SKILL.md, links to its own repository left out.

  • Credentials

    Names no API keys, tokens, secrets or passwords.

    From names ending in _API_KEY, _TOKEN, _SECRET, _KEY or _PASSWORD in SKILL.md.

Context cost

Gemini CLI loads about 1.4k tokens when it runs. Until then it costs about 84 tokens; SKILL.md has 442 words of instructions outside code blocks.

Always · name and description, kept in context so the agent knows when to use it
~84
When it runs · the whole SKILL.md, loaded when a task matches
~1.4k

Estimates: characters ÷ 4, the usual rule of thumb; real counts depend on the model's tokenizer. Scripts and assets cost tokens only if the agent reads them.

Safety

Auto-check: notes

The automated check noted patterns worth knowing about, such as sudo or a known installer.

  • NotePre-approves every shell command (allowed-tools: Bash)SKILL.md
    allowed-tools: Bash, Read, Write, Grep, Glob

Automated static check — not a guarantee. Review scripts before installing. It scans the text of SKILL.md for risky patterns (piping downloads into a shell, reading credential files, hidden Unicode, destructive commands); files beside SKILL.md are not scanned.

SKILL.md

Without a licence we can't republish the file, so here is its outline and opening line. It has 442 words (~1,367 tokens).

“This skill enables Claude Code to effectively orchestrate Gemini CLI (v0.16.0+) with Gemini 3 Pro for code generation, review, analysis, and specialized tasks.”

— opening of SKILL.md by forayconsulting
name
gemini-cli
allowed-tools
Bash, Read, Write, Grep, Glob

Read the full SKILL.md on GitHub

Files

SKILL.md and 5 other files in the repository root of forayconsulting/gemini_cli_skill.

  • SKILL.md
  • README.md
  • patterns.md
  • reference.md
  • templates.md
  • tools.md

Open the folder on GitHubat commit 22d0aa3

Used in 1 other repository

We found 1 copy of this SKILL.md (exact, near-identical or edited) in other folders, from 1 other GitHub owner. This page covers the copy in forayconsulting/gemini_cli_skill, which our catalogue first saw on October 7, 2026.

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Questions about Gemini CLI

What does Gemini CLI do?

Wield Google's Gemini CLI as a powerful auxiliary tool for code generation, review, analysis, and web research. Gemini CLI is an agent skill from forayconsulting/gemini_cli_skill. Wield Google's Gemini CLI as a powerful auxiliary tool for code generation, review, analysis, and web research.

When should I use Gemini CLI?

Gemini CLI fits situations like: tasks benefit from a second AI perspective; current web information via Google Search; codebase architecture analysis; parallel code generation.

How do I install Gemini CLI in Claude Code?

Run `npx skills add forayconsulting/gemini_cli_skill --skill gemini-cli -a claude-code`. Or copy the skill folder (the forayconsulting/gemini_cli_skill repository) into .claude/skills/gemini-cli in your project. Claude Code loads it when a task matches its description.

How do I install Gemini CLI in Codex?

Run `npx skills add forayconsulting/gemini_cli_skill --skill gemini-cli -a codex`. Or copy the skill folder (the forayconsulting/gemini_cli_skill repository) into .agents/skills/gemini-cli in your project. Codex loads it when a task matches its description.

Can I use Gemini CLI in Cursor, Gemini CLI or GitHub Copilot?

Cursor, Gemini CLI, GitHub Copilot and OpenCode also load SKILL.md folders. With the skills CLI, run `npx skills add forayconsulting/gemini_cli_skill --skill gemini-cli -a cursor` (or -a gemini-cli, github-copilot or opencode for the others). To copy it by hand, put the folder in .cursor/skills/gemini-cli, .gemini/skills/gemini-cli, .github/skills/gemini-cli and .opencode/skills/gemini-cli in your project.

What does Gemini CLI need to run?

Going by SKILL.md and its folder, Gemini CLI needs the command-line tools its instructions call (gemini). Its frontmatter pre-approves these tools: Bash, Read, Write, Grep, Glob.

Does Gemini CLI access the network?

SKILL.md contains no URLs. Any network use would come from the scripts or tools the agent runs. This is read from the text; nothing was executed.

Is Gemini CLI safe to install?

Our automated static check of SKILL.md found notes only (pre-approves every shell command (allowed-tools: bash)), nothing it rates as a warning. It is not a guarantee. Review the folder before installing.

What licence does Gemini CLI use?

No licence was found for Gemini CLI or its repository. Without one, default copyright applies: ask the author before reusing or redistributing it.

How many tokens does Gemini CLI use?

About 1.4k tokens (SKILL.md is roughly 5.5k characters). Agents keep only the skill's name and description in context until a task matches; then they load SKILL.md in full.

What are the alternatives to Gemini CLI?

Skills that share tags, products or a category with Gemini CLI: Shopping Assistant (infranodus/skills, 119 stars), Live Panel (ythx-101/live-panel-skill, 635 stars), Doesitarm App Review (ThatGuySam/doesitarm, 3.8k stars) and App Review (luxury-yacht/app, 442 stars). The comparison table on this page puts their stars, adoption, token cost, safety result and licence side by side.

Who maintains Gemini CLI?

forayconsulting (a GitHub user) maintains it in forayconsulting/gemini_cli_skill, which has 191 GitHub stars. The repository was last updated on November 19, 2025.

Source: forayconsulting/gemini_cli_skill on GitHub. Facts on this page come from the repository at the commit we read; the author's words are quoted as theirs.