Ask Gemini

Ask Gemini

Delegate a task to the Google Gemini CLI and report the result. Gemini runs as a peer model: read peer-cli-delegation.md and apply it throughout — it owns the delegation mechanics, the follow-up loop, the critical evaluation of Gemini output, and the error-handling protocol, while this file supplies the CLI name, the exec command, the resume syntax, and the flag table. Do NOT use for: git/PR workflows (use the other autopilot skills) or tasks that do not involve the Gemini CLI.

Input

Parse $ARGUMENTS for an optional task description and optional --model / --approval-mode flags. Anything missing is collected in the next step.

Running a Task

1. If model or approval mode was not supplied in $ARGUMENTS, ask the user (via AskUserQuestion, one prompt with two questions) which model (auto, pro, flash, flash-lite, or a concrete name such as gemini-2.5-pro / gemini-3-pro-preview) and which approval mode (default, auto_edit, yolo, plan).
2. Select the approval mode; default to --approval-mode default (Gemini prompts before edits) unless edits or full automation are required. Add -s, --sandbox to run tools inside Gemini's sandbox whenever you grant auto_edit or yolo.
3. Assemble the command with the appropriate options:
   • -m, --model <MODEL>
   • --approval-mode <default|auto_edit|yolo|plan>
   • -s, --sandbox
   • -a, --all-files
   • --include-directories <dir1,dir2>
   • -o, --output-format <text|json>
   • -p, --prompt "your prompt here" (forces non-interactive mode)
4. Always run non-interactively with -p; a bare positional prompt starts an interactive REPL in a TTY.
5. Resume: continue a prior session with gemini -r "latest" "your prompt here" (or gemini -r "<session-id>" "your prompt here"); per the shared block's inherit rule, pass no model flag unless the user explicitly requests a change.
6. IMPORTANT (clean output): in text mode Gemini prints only the response to stdout. For a machine-parseable result use --output-format json and read the .response field with jq. Pass --debug only when troubleshooting; append 2>/dev/null to silence diagnostics when they would clutter scripted output.
7. IMPORTANT (stdin): gemini reads stdin and appends it to the -p prompt — apply the shared block's stdin guard, e.g. gemini -p "prompt" </dev/null 2>/dev/null.
8. Run the command and follow the shared block's reporting and resume-offer loop; the user resumes by saying "gemini resume".

Quick Reference

Gemini Specifics for the Shared Rules

The shared block leaves these caller-supplied:

• The peer CLI is Gemini, powered by Google models; its version check is gemini --version.
• High-impact flags that need permission first: --approval-mode yolo, --yolo, -s with broad access, -a/--all-files on large repos.
• Resume syntax for follow-ups and peer discussion of a disagreement:

gemini -r "latest" "This is Claude (<your current model name>) following up. I disagree with [X] because [evidence]. What's your take?"

Reference formatting

Before writing any output that mentions a file, standard, section, commit, or issue, read reference-formatting.md (RFC-0001) and apply it verbatim — link files, docs, skills, agents, and sections, and never leave a reference as bare text.