Examples

Practical examples and use cases to help you get the most out of Gemini CLI

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Basic Usage

Essential commands and basic operations to get you started

Hello World

Your first Gemini CLI session

# Hello World
gemini > Say hello world
Beginner • 1 minView Example →

Text Generation

Generate high-quality text content

# Text Generation
gemini > Write a blog post about AI
Beginner • 2 minView Example →

Simple Chat

Interactive conversation with Gemini

# Simple Chat
gemini > Let's have a conversation
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Configuration

Set up your API key and preferences

# Configuration
export GEMINI_API_KEY="YOUR_KEY"
Beginner • 2 minView Example →
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Development

Code-related tasks and development workflows

Code Review

Interactive code review and suggestions

# Code Review
gemini > Review this code: [paste your code]
Intermediate • 5 minView Example →

Documentation

Generate documentation for your code

# Documentation
gemini > Document this function: [paste your code]
Intermediate • 4 minView Example →

Testing

Generate test cases and scenarios

# Testing
gemini > Write tests for: [paste your code]
Intermediate • 6 minView Example →

Debugging

Debug and troubleshoot code issues

# Debugging
gemini > Debug this error: [paste error details]
Intermediate • 5 minView Example →
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Content Creation

Text generation, translation, and content manipulation

Translation

Translate text between languages

# Translation
gemini > Translate to Spanish: [paste your text]
Beginner • 2 minView Example →

Summarization

Create concise summaries of content

# Summarization
gemini > Summarize: [paste your text]
Beginner • 3 minView Example →

Creative Writing

Generate creative content and stories

# Creative Writing
gemini > Write a story about: [your topic]
Intermediate • 5 minView Example →

Text Editing

Improve and edit existing content

# Text Editing
gemini > Improve this text: [paste your text]
Beginner • 3 minView Example →
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Automation

Automate workflows and batch processing tasks

Batch Processing

Process multiple files interactively

# Batch Processing
# Use Gemini API for automation # CLI is for interactive use
Advanced • 10 minView Example →

CI/CD Integration

Use Gemini API for automated workflows

# CI/CD Integration
# Consider Gemini API for CI/CD # CLI is designed for interactive use
Advanced • 15 minView Example →

Monitoring

Analyze system logs interactively

# Monitoring
gemini > Analyze these logs: [paste log content]
Intermediate • 8 minView Example →

Automated Reporting

Generate automated reports and summaries

# Automated Reporting
gemini generate "Create report: $(cat data.csv)"
Intermediate • 12 minView Example →

Featured Examples

Automated Code Review

A complete example showing how to automate code reviews using Gemini CLI in your development workflow.

Script

#!/bin/bash
# Automated code review script
for file in \$(git diff --name-only HEAD~1); do
if [[ \$file == *.js || \$file == *.py ]]; then
echo "Reviewing \$file..."
echo "Please use Gemini CLI interactively:"
echo "gemini"
echo "> Review this code: \$(cat \$file)"
fi
done

Output

Reviewing app.js...
Reviewing utils.py...
Reviewing config.js...
✓ Code review completed!
✓ Generated 3 review files
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Pro Tips

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Environment Setup

Set up environment variables for seamless integration

export GEMINI_API_KEY=your_key_here
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Error Handling

Handle errors gracefully in your scripts

gemini generate "text" || echo "Failed to generate"
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Performance

Optimize your prompts for better performance

gemini generate --max-tokens 100 "brief summary"

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