Gemini CLI

Adapter for Google's **Gemini CLI**.

Install

adapters install gemini

Minimum CLI version: 1.0.0. Supported on macOS, Linux and Windows.

Auth

• **API key** — set GOOGLE_API_KEY or GEMINI_API_KEY.
• **Browser login** — sign in with a Google account.

Config file: ~/.config/gemini/settings.json.

Minimal run

adapters run gemini --prompt "Explain this diff"

Notable flags

• --model <id> — default gemini-2.5-pro; also gemini-2.5-flash.
• --prompt <text> — forwarded prompt.
• --sandbox false — emitted when approvalMode: 'yolo' to disable the sandbox.

Session files

• Location: ~/.gemini/sessions/*.jsonl
• JSONL-formatted; standard adapters parser.

Extensions

Extension support: **yes** — Gemini CLI extension format for prompts, MCP servers, commands, themes, and hooks.

Extension Management

adapters plugin install gemini <extension>
adapters plugin list gemini

MCP Servers

adapters mcp install gemini <mcp-server>
adapters mcp list gemini

Registry: https://modelcontextprotocol.io for MCP servers.

Capabilities

1M-token context window, thinking (low/medium/high) with streaming, parallel tool calls, JSON mode, structured output, image input, file input.

Known limitations

• No image output.
• Project-level config is not supported (supportsProjectConfig: false).
• --sandbox false should only be used in trusted environments — it disables the CLI's built-in safety sandbox.