# Gemini API CLI (gemini-api) beta

By Steven Van · 2026-10-27

A stateless, zero-dependency command-line client for coding agents, scripts and CI pipelines, built on the Interactions API and now in beta.

Google has released [Gemini](<https://creatorstoolbox.com/tools/gemini>) API CLI (gemini-api) in beta, a command-line client built for AI coding agents, shell scripts and CI pipelines. The [Gemini API CLI guide](<https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/cli>) covers getting started.

## What it does

The CLI runs on the Interactions API. With gemini-api, you can:

- Generate text and media

- Analyze files

- Run Gemini managed agents

## Design

The client is stateless and has zero dependencies. Google describes it as a way to give coding agents, shell scripts and CI pipelines a command-line route to Gemini without a separate integration.

![Google Gemini](<https://www.gstatic.com/lamda/images/gemini_sparkle_aurora_33f86dc0c0257da337c63.svg>)

Google Gemini

Google's AI assistant — write, plan, brainstorm, generate images, and analyze files with one of the most powerful multimodal models.

[View Google Gemini →](<https://creatorstoolbox.com/tools/gemini>)

Sources

[Original source](<https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/changelog>)

[Read Gemini API CLI (gemini-api) beta on Creators Toolbox](<https://creatorstoolbox.com/blog/google-gemini-gemini-api-cli-gemini-api-beta>)

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