# Google DeepMind — Gemini API CLI (gemini-api) beta

- Company: Google DeepMind (deepmind.google)
- Announced: 2026-10-27
- Category: developer-tool-release
- Coverage: not counted
- Announcement: yes
- Group: announcements
- Source: https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/changelog#10-27-2026
- Record: https://forck.live/items/28583-gemini-api-cli-gemini-api-beta
- Subject: Gemini API
- Models affected: Gemini

Google DeepMind released the Gemini API CLI (gemini-api), a stateless, zero-dependency command-line client aimed at AI coding agents, scripts and CI pipelines. The tool runs on the Interactions API, where it can generate text and media, analyze files and run Gemini managed agents. A guide covers how to get started with it.

## Evidence

Verbatim from https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/changelog#10-27-2026:

> Released the Gemini API CLI (gemini-api), a stateless, zero-dependency command-line client for AI coding agents, scripts, and CI pipelines. Use gemini-api on the Interactions API to generate text and media, analyze files, and run Gemini managed agents. See the Gemini API CLI guide to get started.

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