Gemini CLI

PulseNeko5/20/26Less than 1 minute

Gemini CLI is Google's official command-line assistant for Gemini models.

Prerequisites

Gemini CLI installed (gemini --version works)
A key in a group containing Gemini models

Method A: environment variables

export GEMINI_API_KEY=sk-your-key
export GOOGLE_GEMINI_BASE_URL=https://bridge.pulseneko.com/gemini

Warning

The suffix is /gemini, not /v1. This is the fixed prefix for Gemini-native routing on Bridge.

Open a new shell, run gemini.

Method B: `settings.json`

~/.gemini/settings.json:

{
  "apiKey": "sk-your-key",
  "baseUrl": "https://bridge.pulseneko.com/gemini"
}

Recommended models

Model	Best for
`gemini-3.1-pro`	Daily driver
`gemini-3.1-flash`	Fast / cheap
`gemini-3.0-pro-preview`	Same price as 3.1-pro (legacy)

OpenAI-compatible fallback

If your tool doesn't speak Gemini-native, use:

https://bridge.pulseneko.com/v1

with the same model names. Chat completions is the entry point. Some Gemini-specific features (grounding, safety settings) don't pass through this path.

Verify

gemini "hello"

Confirm in Usage Logs.