gemini-api-cli

Call the Gemini API from the shell with gemini-api. Use for media generation (images, TTS, music, video), file and YouTube analysis, audio/video transcription, Deep Research, and sandboxed agents.

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Last source activity: November 10, 2026 at 15:56
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name	gemini-api-cli
description	Call the Gemini API from the shell with gemini-api. Use for media generation (images, TTS, music, video), file and YouTube analysis, audio/video transcription, Deep Research, and sandboxed agents.

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