Gemini CLI

Works with the CLI alone. No gander.md account.

Gemini CLI is Google's open source AI agent that brings Gemini into the terminal. Google replaced it with Antigravity for unpaid and Google One users; this page is for builds that still run gemini.

Gemini CLI loads user skills from ~/.gemini/skills and the ~/.agents/skills alias (the alias wins if both exist). Workspace skills live in .gemini/skills or .agents/skills. gander skill already links ~/.agents/skills/gander. Google replaced Gemini CLI with Antigravity for unpaid and Google One users; this page is for builds that still run gemini.

1. Install the CLI

curl -fsSL https://release.gander.md/install.sh | bash
gander --version

After Homebrew or a source build, run gander skill.

2. Confirm the skill landed

ls -l ~/.agents/skills/gander/SKILL.md

Optional Gemini-native dest:

mkdir -p ~/.gemini/skills
ln -sfn ~/.gander/skill ~/.gemini/skills/gander

In a session:

gemini skills list --all

Or /skills list. /skills reload if it was installed while a session was open.

3. Sign up and add MCP

gander signup --email [email protected]

gander mcp install does not write Gemini config. In ~/.gemini/settings.json (or the MCP settings UI), add:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "gander": {
      "command": "gander",
      "args": ["mcp"]
    }
  }
}

Restart Gemini CLI.

4. Use it

1. Ask Gemini CLI for a plan as markdown. Activate the Gander skill when it offers, or say gander this file.
2. gander watch plan.md after signup.
3. Send the hosted URL.
4. @agent comments come through MCP. Gemini CLI edits the local file.

Fallback: gander comments.

5. Verify

gander list
gander comments
gemini skills list

More: Antigravity, Skill, MCP.