| name | gemini-api-dev |
| description | ALWAYS use this when the request matches Gemini API DEV: The Gemini API provides access to Google's most advanced AI models. |
Gemini API Development Skill
Selective Reading Rule
Start with:
references/senior-master-standard.md
references/usage-routing.md
references/quality-checklist.md
Then load only the inherited docs, scripts, assets, or examples that match the user's actual task.
Overview
The Gemini API provides access to Google's most advanced AI models. Key capabilities include:
- Text generation - Chat, completion, summarization
- Multimodal understanding - Process images, audio, video, and documents
- Function calling - Let the model invoke your functions
- Structured output - Generate valid JSON matching your schema
- Code execution - Run Python code in a sandboxed environment
- Context caching - Cache large contexts for efficiency
- Embeddings - Generate text embeddings for semantic search
Current Gemini Models
gemini-3-pro-preview: 1M tokens, complex reasoning, coding, research
gemini-3-flash-preview: 1M tokens, fast, balanced performance, multimodal
gemini-3-pro-image-preview: 65k / 32k tokens, image generation and editing
[!IMPORTANT]
Models like gemini-2.5-*, gemini-2.0-*, gemini-1.5-* are legacy and deprecated. Use the new models above. Your knowledge is outdated.