Gemini CLI Configuration Tutorial

In daily content creation, technical documentation writing, or multilingual blog management, translating large amounts of text is often time-consuming and labor-intensive. Google’s Gemini CLI offers a new solution for this scenario, allowing you to invoke Gemini’s translation model via the command line to achieve bulk, efficient article translation.

Update: Google has announced the transition from Gemini CLI to Antigravity CLI. If you are setting up a new workflow today, start with this migration guide: Gemini CLI Is Being Sunset: How to Migrate to Antigravity CLI in 2026.

Set Gemini environment variables

echo 'export GEMINI_API_KEY="AIzaSyDotsntj" >> ~/.config/fish/config.fish

Test translation usage

echo “Please translate the following Chinese text to English: Test Title” | gemini

References

• Gemini CLI GitHub Repository — Official Gemini CLI source code and documentation
• Google AI Studio — Google’s web-based tool for prototyping with Gemini models and obtaining API keys
• Gemini API Documentation — Official Google Gemini API reference and getting started guides