# gemini

Tells your agent how to drive Gemini CLI for code review, plan review, or files too large for its own context. Useful when you want a second opinion on a whole repo.

- skill · `type=skill` · Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Gemini CLI, OpenCode · 4000 installs · ★ 2592
- Author: softaworks
- License: MIT · policy=mirror · the beginning of the file is at the end of this page
- Source: https://github.com/softaworks/agent-toolkit/tree/HEAD/skills/gemini/SKILL.md
- Updated: 2026-03-05
- HTML: https://affpapa.org/en/nevibecode/skills/softaworks-gemini

## What it does

This is a skill file, not a wrapper. It hands the agent a procedure for calling `gemini` in the shell: multi-file review, critique of an architectural plan, or any job past 200k tokens. The agent still runs the command itself.

Step one is a single model question through `AskUserQuestion`, with `gemini-3-pro-preview` listed first (1M input, 64k output), `gemini-3-flash` for latency, and the 2.5 models kept as legacy choices. Then it picks an approval mode and assembles the call from `-m`, `--approval-mode`, `--include-directories`, `-s`, `-i`.

The warning deserves a second read: `--approval-mode default` hangs in any background or non-interactive shell, since nothing can answer the approval prompt. Use `yolo` or wrap the call in `timeout 300`. A process sitting at 0% CPU for 20+ minutes is the tell; the skill's own fix is to find it with `ps aux` and kill it with `pkill -9 -f "gemini.*gemini-3-pro-preview"`. Worth checking against how your agent shells out.

## Install

### Claude Code (native platform)

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add softaworks/agent-toolkit --skill gemini -a claude-code
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `~/.claude/skills/gemini/SKILL.md` — Copy the whole skill folder; for one project use .claude/skills/gemini/

### Codex

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add softaworks/agent-toolkit --skill gemini -a codex
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.agents/skills/gemini/SKILL.md` — For all projects use ~/.agents/skills/

### Cursor

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add softaworks/agent-toolkit --skill gemini -a cursor
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.cursor/skills/gemini/SKILL.md` — Cursor also reads .agents/skills/ and .claude/skills/

### GitHub Copilot

1. **GitHub CLI**
```bash
gh skill install softaworks/agent-toolkit gemini
```

2. **Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.github/skills/gemini/SKILL.md`

### Gemini CLI

1. **Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add softaworks/agent-toolkit --skill gemini -a gemini-cli
```

2. **Platform CLI**
```bash
gemini skills install https://github.com/softaworks/agent-toolkit --path skills/gemini
```

### Windsurf (Devin Desktop)

**Manually: put the files in place**
- File: `.devin/skills/gemini/SKILL.md` — The legacy .windsurf/skills/ path still works

### OpenCode

**Skills CLI (Vercel)**
```bash
npx skills add softaworks/agent-toolkit --skill gemini -a opencode
```

### Claude.ai

**Claude.ai**
- Zip the folder and upload it in Settings → Capabilities → Skills

Where a file is given instead of a command, copy the files from the source to that path: https://github.com/softaworks/agent-toolkit/tree/HEAD/skills/gemini/SKILL.md

## When to use it
- review a whole repository instead of one pasted file
- critique an architecture plan before any code exists
- read a codebase that overflows the main model's context
- trace patterns across several directories in one pass
- kill a background review stuck on an approval prompt

## Example prompts
- Run gemini over this repo with `gemini-3-pro-preview` in `yolo` mode.
- Ask me which model to use, then review `docs/architecture.md` with Gemini CLI.
- Analyze the whole project with `gemini-3-flash` wrapped in `timeout 300`.

## Source text · SKILL.md · MIT

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---
name: gemini
description: Use when the user asks to run Gemini CLI for code review, plan review, or big context (>200k) processing. Ideal for comprehensive analysis requiring large context windows. Uses Gemini 3 Pro by default for state-of-the-art reasoning and coding.
---

# Gemini Skill Guide

## When to Use Gemini
- WHEN ASKED TO BE ACTIVATED
- **Code Review**: Comprehensive code reviews across multiple files
- **Plan Review**: Analyzing architectural plans, technical specifications, or project roadmaps
- **Big Context Processing**: Tasks requiring >200k tokens of context (entire codebases, documentation sets)
- **Multi-file Analysis**: Understanding relationships and patterns across many files

## ⚠️ Critical: Background/Non-Interactive Mode Warning

**NEVER use `--approval-mode default` in background or non-interactive shells** (like Claude Code tool calls). It will hang indefinitely waiting for approval prompts that cannot be provided.

**For automated/background reviews:**
- ✅ Use `--approval-mode yolo` for fully automated execution
- ✅ OR wrap with timeout: `timeout 300 gemini ...`
- ❌ NEVER use `--approval-mode default` without interactive terminal

**Symptoms of hung Gemini:**
- Process running 20+ minutes with 0% CPU usage
- No network activity
- Process state shows 'S' (sleeping)

**Fix hung process:**
```bash
# Check if hung
ps aux | grep gemini | grep -v grep

# Kill if necessary
pkill -9 -f "gemini.*gemini-3-pro-preview"
```

## Running a Task

1. Ask the user (via `AskUserQuestion`) which model to use in a **single prompt**. Available models:
   - `gemini-3-pro-preview` ⭐ (flagship model, best for coding & complex reasoning, 35% better at software engineering than 2.5 Pro)
   - `gemini-3-flash` (sub-second latency, distilled from 3 Pro, best for speed-critical tasks)
   - `gemini-2.5-pro` (legacy option, strong all-around performance)
   - `gemini-2.5-flash` (legacy option, cost-efficient with thinking capabilities)
   - `gemini-2.5-flash-lite` (legacy option, fastest processing)

2. Select the approval mode based on the task:
   - `default`: Prompt for approval (⚠️ ONLY for interactive terminal sessions)
   - `auto_edit`: Auto-approve edit tools only (for code reviews with suggestions)
   - `yolo`: Auto-approve all tools (✅ REQUIRED for background/automated tasks)

3. Assemble the command with appropriate options:
   - `-m, --model <MODEL>` - Model selection
   - `--approval-mode <default|auto_edit|yolo>` - Control tool approval
   - `-y, --yolo` - Alternative to `--approval-mode yolo`
   - `-i, --prompt-interactive "prompt"` - Execute prompt and continue interactively
   - `--include-directories <DIR>` - Additional directories to include in workspace
   - `-s, --sandbox` - Run in sandbox mode for isolation
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