Gemini CLI guides
Learn Gemini CLI step by step: install it, sign in, and run your first task. Plain words, copyable commands, checked against the official docs.
- Install Gemini CLI on a Mac or on WindowsInstall Node.js, then Google's Gemini CLI with one command, check that it works, and sign in with a Google account. Includes fixes for common errors.
- Your First Session with Gemini CLIStart Gemini CLI in a project folder, type a first request, answer its permission questions, and learn how to cancel a request and how to quit Gemini.
- Install a Skill in Gemini CLIGive Gemini CLI a new superpower: install an Agent Skill from a Git repository with one command, confirm it, and check that Gemini found the skill.
- Add an MCP Connector to Gemini CLIConnect Gemini CLI to another tool or service with the gemini mcp add command, check the connection, and choose whether it works in one project or in all.