| name | ask-gemini |
| description | Consult Gemini as an independent expert with deep web research. Sends a question or task to Gemini CLI and returns a research-backed response. |
| argument-hint | [--gemini-model MODEL] [--gemini-timeout SECONDS] [question or task] |
| allowed-tools | Bash(${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/ask-gemini.sh:*) |
Ask Gemini
Send a question or task to Gemini and return a research-backed response.
Gemini is always instructed to perform web research via Google Search,
making this ideal for deep-research tasks that benefit from up-to-date
internet information.
How to Use
Do not pass free-form user text to the shell unquoted. The question or task may contain spaces or shell metacharacters such as (, ), ;, #, *, or [.
If the user only supplied a question or task, execute:
"${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/ask-gemini.sh" "$ARGUMENTS"
If the user supplied flags such as --gemini-model or --gemini-timeout, reconstruct the command so those flags remain separate shell arguments and the remaining free-form question is passed as one quoted final argument.
Example:
"${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/ask-gemini.sh" --gemini-model gemini-2.5-pro "What are the latest Rust async runtime benchmarks?"
Never run this unsafe form:
"${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/ask-gemini.sh" $ARGUMENTS
because the shell will re-parse the question text and can fail before ask-gemini.sh starts.
Interpreting Output
- The script outputs Gemini's response to stdout and status info to stderr
- Read the stdout output carefully and incorporate Gemini's response into your answer
- Gemini's responses are research-backed with web sources; relay source citations when available
- If the script exits with a non-zero code, report the error to the user
Error Handling
| Exit Code | Meaning |
|---|
| 0 | Success - Gemini response is in stdout |
| 1 | Validation error (missing gemini, empty question, invalid flags) |
| 124 | Timeout - suggest using --gemini-timeout with a larger value |
| Other | Gemini process error - report the exit code and any stderr output |
Notes
- The response is saved to
.humanize/skill/<timestamp>/output.md for reference
- Default model is
gemini-3.1-pro-preview with a 3600-second timeout
- Gemini is always instructed to perform Google Search for up-to-date information
