| name | antigravity-cli |
| description | Run Google Antigravity CLI (agy) for web-grounded research, cross-AI review, or validation. Use when asked for 'ask antigravity', 'antigravity review', 'agy search', 'use antigravity', or when you need Google Search grounding or a different AI perspective. NOT for interactive conversations (driven one-shot only). |
| allowed-tools | ["Bash","Read"] |
Antigravity CLI Integration Skill
Announcement: Begin with: "I'm using the antigravity-cli skill for cross-AI validation with Antigravity (agy)."
Invoke the Google Antigravity CLI (agy) for one-shot code review, web-grounded research, and cross-AI verification. agy is the successor to the Gemini CLI โ Google transitioned Gemini CLI to Antigravity CLI on 2026-05-19. It shares the Antigravity 2.0 agent harness and is built in Go.
Self-Update: Official Documentation
When the skill feels outdated (wrong flags, unknown behavior, new features), consult these
official sources to update commands and reference files:
The most authoritative source is the local binary itself โ run agy --help and agy changelog.
Use WebFetch or mcp__exa__web_search_exa to check for updates when:
- An
agy command fails with an unknown flag error
- The user mentions an antigravity feature not covered here
- It has been a while since the skill was last updated
Last verified: 2026-05-22 (agy v1.0.1, print mode, default-model routing). Flags and output format confirmed empirically via agy --help and live one-shot calls.
Prerequisite Check
Before running any agy command, verify installation:
command -v agy >/dev/null || { echo "ERROR: antigravity CLI not installed. Run: curl -fsSL https://antigravity.google/cli/install.sh | bash"; exit 1; }
Auth is via the system keyring / Google Sign-In (no API key, no -o json). If agy -p returns an auth error, the user must run agy once interactively to sign in.
Core Patterns
1. Custom Prompt (most common)
The canonical pattern: run agy -p, redirect the plain-text response straight to a file. There is no JSON wrapper โ agy -p prints only the final answer to stdout (no thinking tokens, no tool traces), so no jq extraction is needed.
agy -p "Output ONLY the final answer. Task: [your prompt] @file/paths" \
--print-timeout 5m \
> /tmp/agy-result.txt 2> /dev/null \
&& echo "Antigravity completed"
Then read with Read tool: /tmp/agy-result.txt
Why this works: agy -p (alias --print / --prompt) runs a single prompt non-interactively and prints the response. --print-timeout is the CLI's built-in wait cap (default 5m). 2> /dev/null suppresses startup noise. This replaces gemini's -o json + jq -r '.response' pipeline โ agy already emits clean final-answer text.
2. Code Review
agy -p "Respond with the final review only โ concise, fact-forward.
Review these files for bugs, security issues, and improvements:
- @path/to/file.ts
- @path/to/other-file.ts
Check against requirements in: @tasks/task-doc/tech-decomposition.md
Focus on: correctness, edge cases, error handling" \
--print-timeout 5m \
> /tmp/agy-review.txt 2> /dev/null \
&& echo "Review completed"
Then read with Read tool: /tmp/agy-review.txt
3. Web Research (Google Search Grounding)
Antigravity's differentiator over other CLI tools: native Google Search grounding (inherited from the Gemini CLI lineage). Verified to work in -p mode โ read-only web tools run without needing --dangerously-skip-permissions.
agy -p "Respond with the final answer only โ concise, fact-forward.
Search the web to find: [topic]. Cite sources with URLs.
Format: markdown with bullet points." \
--print-timeout 3m \
> /tmp/agy-research.txt 2> /dev/null \
&& echo "Research completed"
Then read with Read tool: /tmp/agy-research.txt
4. Background Execution (for long tasks)
For complex tasks that take 2-10 minutes. When you have multiple independent agy queries (e.g. a security review and a perf review of the same diff), launch them in the same turn as separate background Bash calls โ don't serialize.
agy -p "[complex prompt with @file references]" \
--print-timeout 8m \
> /tmp/agy-result.txt 2> /dev/null \
&& echo "Antigravity completed"
Workflow:
- Run with
run_in_background: true on the Bash tool
- If there are other independent
agy calls, fire them in the same turn (different output files: /tmp/agy-sec.txt, /tmp/agy-perf.txt)
- Continue working on other tasks while
agy runs
- You will be notified automatically when each completes
- Read each result with the Read tool
- Summarize findings to the user
5. Extra Workspace Directories
agy operates on the current working directory as its workspace. To grant access to files outside it, add directories with --add-dir (repeatable):
agy -p "Review @../shared/lib.ts against @./src/main.ts" \
--add-dir ../shared \
--print-timeout 5m > /tmp/agy-result.txt 2> /dev/null
6. @path Safety
Verify every @path reference points to a real file before invoking โ a missing path produces a degraded answer or wasted wall-clock. A quick ls or [ -f path ] guard is enough. @path injects file contents into the prompt context (it is not a tool call), so it works in -p mode without any permission flag.
Critical Rules
Use -p for One-Shot
Claude Code can only drive agy non-interactively. Without -p, the CLI drops into its TUI in a TTY and hangs the Bash call. -p, --print, and --prompt are aliases.
Do NOT Use --dangerously-skip-permissions
agy auto-approves all tool calls (including shell + file writes) when given --dangerously-skip-permissions. Claude Code's auto-mode classifier blocks this flag โ it creates an autonomous agent loop. You don't need it: @path injection and read-only web search already work without it. Reserve write/shell-executing tasks for the user running agy interactively.
Plain-Text Output (No JSON)
agy -p has no -o json / output-format flag. It prints the final answer as plain text directly to stdout. Just redirect to a file and Read it โ no jq. Read the result file with the Read tool; cat on a long review would dump the full payload back into the conversation.
Model Selection
There is no -m flag for one-shot mode. The model is whatever was last persisted via the interactive /model slash command or ~/.gemini/antigravity-cli/settings.json. Don't try to pass a model on the command line โ it's not a recognized flag.
Antigravity Has No Context From This Conversation
agy starts with zero context โ it cannot see this conversation, open files, or prior turns. For any useful answer, the prompt itself has to carry what it needs:
- Task/requirement file paths via
@path
- Implementation file paths for review targets
- Extra directories via
--add-dir when broader context matters
One-Shot Only
agy -p runs non-interactively and starts a fresh conversation each invocation. No follow-up questions, no conversation state. Craft your prompt to be complete and self-contained.
Timeout
Always set --print-timeout (the CLI's own wait cap; default 5m) AND a Bash tool timeout. Note: macOS has no timeout shell command (gtimeout only via coreutils) โ rely on --print-timeout plus the Bash tool's timeout parameter, not a shell timeout wrapper.
| Task Type | --print-timeout | Bash tool timeout |
|---|
| Simple query | 2m | 120000 |
| Code review (small) | 4m | 240000 |
| Code review (large) / directory analysis | 8m | 480000 |
| Web research | 3m | 180000 |
When NOT to Use
- Simple, quick tasks (overhead not worth the 1-10 min wait)
- Tasks requiring interactive conversation/refinement
- Trivial changes (typos, formatting)
- Simple web search (use Exa tools or /deep-research instead)
- Tasks that require the agent to write files or run shell commands (needs
--dangerously-skip-permissions, which is blocked โ use the interactive TUI)
Reference Files
Read these as needed โ they are NOT loaded into context automatically:
| File | When to Read |
|---|
reference.md | Need exact flag syntax, config options, auth, or error handling |
templates.md | Need a structured prompt template for a specific review or research type |
