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Re: Gemini CLI GitHub Actions

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Post by jtrn »

The amount of time I have to spend on investigations, to understand the basics of what something ACTUALLY IS, never ceases to amaze me. Having to scrape away buzzwords, ill-conceived descriptions, and unnecessary verbose stuff... it's tiresome.

So i THINK this is what it IS:

A GitHub Action that can be included in GitHub workflow YAML files. It executes the Gemini CLI, passing in prompts, repo context, and event data (like issue text or PR diffs) to generate responses or perform actions. In other words: it's a wrapper that installs and runs the Gemini CLI inside GitHub Actions environments.

It can use GitHub's API (via tokens or apps) to read repo data (issues, PRs, code) and write back (e.g., add labels, comments, or code suggestions). It makes calls to standard HTTPS API endpoints for Gemini LLM" (via the CLI's backend interactions with Google's Gemini API)

Re: Gemini CLI GitHub Actions

#12

Post by jstummbillig »

thecupisblue wrote: post #8

Wait, is this CLI or is this a github action or is this a github application? Also, I thought Jules was the "coding agent" they are working on. Now this is taking it over or is this like another case of Google self-competing? Someone needs to take charge at this company with a strong vision, because they are all over the place and spreading themselves thin, which in turn spreads thin the customer/brand equity. At thi…

> because they are all over the place and spreading themselves thin

Well, they do have a lot to spread. But yeah, intense amount of overlap.

Re: Gemini CLI GitHub Actions

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Post by artdigital »

I wonder why they call this `gemini cli`, it's not really a CLI anymore when it's primarily used through GitHub, is it?

Why not follow Claude Code naming with this and just call it `gemini github action` or `run gemini`?

Re: Gemini CLI GitHub Actions

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Post by artdigital »

criley2 wrote: post #6

Curious to try this against the Github (website) Agent. The website Agent is definitely dumber than the vscode agent (because it has to spend 20 minutes figuring out how to build and start my monorepo apps) but on the flip side, it doesn't take up my computer and thus any value it creates is additive. We have tried out Gemini code review vs Copilot code review and Gemini is consistently offering better code review ti…

> Curious to try this against the Github (website) Agent. The website Agent is definitely dumber than the vscode agent (because it has to spend 20 minutes figuring out how to build and start my monorepo apps) but on the flip side, it doesn't take up my computer and thus any value it creates is additive.

Yeah that's on you. Add a `copilot-instructions.md` file and configure the `copilot-setup-steps.yml` workflow to setup your environment. Both are supported more or less since Copilot Agent got released (though in "preview")

Most agents read `AGENTS.md`, I just symlink it to CLAUDE.md, and do the same for GEMINI.md

Re: Gemini CLI GitHub Actions

#15

Post by vasco »

thecupisblue wrote: post #8

Wait, is this CLI or is this a github action or is this a github application? Also, I thought Jules was the "coding agent" they are working on. Now this is taking it over or is this like another case of Google self-competing? Someone needs to take charge at this company with a strong vision, because they are all over the place and spreading themselves thin, which in turn spreads thin the customer/brand equity. At thi…

> Even thought they have access to my Google Account and my phone, their Gemini app is useless.

This is the funniest thing to me. When you open the app, Gemini says:

"Hello, Vasco"

In the welcome screen. I then ask this amazing intelligence this question:

"What's my name?"

"I do not know your name. I am an AI and I don't have access to your personal information."

I know why it happens, but it's so funny.

Re: Gemini CLI GitHub Actions

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Post by artdigital »

thecupisblue wrote: post #8

Wait, is this CLI or is this a github action or is this a github application? Also, I thought Jules was the "coding agent" they are working on. Now this is taking it over or is this like another case of Google self-competing? Someone needs to take charge at this company with a strong vision, because they are all over the place and spreading themselves thin, which in turn spreads thin the customer/brand equity. At thi…

And this can't authenticate the same way the normal gemini cli does, it needs an API key from the looks of it, so free, standard and enterprise plans through OAuth currently don't work for authentication, just the free tier of the Google AI Studio, which is different than gemini-cli free tier, and has way tighter rate limits.

Re: Gemini CLI GitHub Actions

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Post by thecupisblue »

jstummbillig wrote: post #12
thecupisblue wrote: post #8

Wait, is this CLI or is this a github action or is this a github application? Also, I thought Jules was the "coding agent" they are working on. Now this is taking it over or is this like another case of Google self-competing? Someone needs to take charge at this company with a strong vision, because they are all over the place and spreading themselves thin, which in turn spreads thin the customer/brand equity. At thi…

> because they are all over the place and spreading themselves thin Well, they do have a lot to spread. But yeah, intense amount of overlap.

They do, but at this point it's becoming comical, especially if they are trying to move away from search as a profit center. You need equity in people's heads if you want to conquer the market.

If instead of Google search they made 3 products each called "Google Search", "Super Search" and "YaGoo!", they wouldn't be where they're at today.

Re: Gemini CLI GitHub Actions

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Post by gexla »

thecupisblue wrote: post #8

Wait, is this CLI or is this a github action or is this a github application? Also, I thought Jules was the "coding agent" they are working on. Now this is taking it over or is this like another case of Google self-competing? Someone needs to take charge at this company with a strong vision, because they are all over the place and spreading themselves thin, which in turn spreads thin the customer/brand equity. At thi…

My take on this is that Google has a bunch of "incubating" spaces where they have teams of people building things that may or may not take off. So, when something does take off, it sort of becomes a victim of its own success. It confuses people because it's not a "core" Google product that fits nicely among other Google products. NotebookLLM seems to be another example.

Personally, I would rather Google did this sort of experimentation even if it is more confusing.

Or I could be wrong about this. But following NotebookLLM, it seemed like the team developing it had a lot of autonomy.

Re: Gemini CLI GitHub Actions

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Post by thecupisblue »

gexla wrote: post #18
thecupisblue wrote: post #8

Wait, is this CLI or is this a github action or is this a github application? Also, I thought Jules was the "coding agent" they are working on. Now this is taking it over or is this like another case of Google self-competing? Someone needs to take charge at this company with a strong vision, because they are all over the place and spreading themselves thin, which in turn spreads thin the customer/brand equity. At thi…

My take on this is that Google has a bunch of "incubating" spaces where they have teams of people building things that may or may not take off. So, when something does take off, it sort of becomes a victim of its own success. It confuses people because it's not a "core" Google product that fits nicely among other Google products. NotebookLLM seems to be another example. Personally, I would rather Google did this sort…

That is so, but the problem this causes is more than just customer confusion - it is a lack of integration and responsibility. There is no "let's polish this and see if it works based on real user feedback", but it's "let's throw this out and shut it down if it doesn't work".

And if it isn't shut down, it is left in that terrible half-documented state, with confusing integrations and terribly integrated into the rest of the product.

Considering I'm confused both as a customer, user and a shareholder, I'd say the tactic isn't working.

Re: Gemini CLI GitHub Actions

#20

Post by thecupisblue »

vasco wrote: post #15
thecupisblue wrote: post #8

Wait, is this CLI or is this a github action or is this a github application? Also, I thought Jules was the "coding agent" they are working on. Now this is taking it over or is this like another case of Google self-competing? Someone needs to take charge at this company with a strong vision, because they are all over the place and spreading themselves thin, which in turn spreads thin the customer/brand equity. At thi…

> Even thought they have access to my Google Account and my phone, their Gemini app is useless. This is the funniest thing to me. When you open the app, Gemini says: "Hello, Vasco" In the welcome screen. I then ask this amazing intelligence this question: "What's my name?" "I do not know your name. I am an AI and I don't have access to your personal information." I know why it happens, but it's so funny.

If I didn't know better, I'd think you were joking.
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