Gemini API Guides

Quality score: 70/100 · Category: Engineering · Sub-category: performance

ai:geminiai:agent

Comprehensive reference for Google's Gemini API. Use when building applications with: (1) Gemini models (Gemini 3 Pro, 2.5 Flash/Pro/Flash-Lite) for text and multimodal generation, (2) Image generation (Imagen, Nano Banana), video (Veo 3.1), music (Lyria), (3) Function calling, structured outputs, and agentic workflows, (4) Built-in tools: Google Search, Maps, Code Execution, URL Context, Computer Use, File Search, (5) Live API for real-time voice/video streaming, (6) Long context (1M+ tokens), embeddings, document/audio/video understanding, (7) Batch API, context caching, safety settings. Triggers: "gemini api", "google ai", "genai sdk", "gemini model", "veo", "imagen", "nano banana", "lyria", "live api", "vertex ai"

What this skill does

Gemini API Guides is a production-ready Claude Code skill (quality score 70/100) in the performance sub-category. It ships as a SKILL.md file that Claude Code auto-discovers under ~/.claude/skills/gemini-api-guides/ and loads when your prompt matches the skill's trigger.

When to invoke it: Use when building applications with: (1) Gemini models (Gemini 3 Pro, 2.5 Flash/Pro/Flash-Lite) for text and multimodal generation, (2) Image generation (Imagen, Nano Banana), video (Veo 3.

Who uses this skill

The Gemini API Guides skill is built for software engineers, backend developers, full-stack teams, and technical leads building and maintaining production systems. It is part of the open ClaudSkills registry, a community-curated catalog of 15,000+ capabilities you can install for Claude Code — the Claude CLI agent.

How to install

Free

Manual install (2 steps)

mkdir -p ~/.claude/skills/gemini-api-guides
curl -L https://claudskills.com/skills/gemini-api-guides/SKILL.md \
  -o ~/.claude/skills/gemini-api-guides/SKILL.md

Or just download SKILL.md directly and drop it into ~/.claude/skills/gemini-api-guides/. Claude Code auto-discovers it on next session.

Skills live at ~/.claude/skills/gemini-api-guides/SKILL.md on macOS/Linux, or %USERPROFILE%\.claude\skills\gemini-api-guides\SKILL.md on Windows. See the full install guide for step-by-step instructions.

Pro

One-click install via the desktop app

The ClaudSkills desktop app installs any skill directly into ~/.claude/skills/ with one click — no terminal required. Pro starts at $9/mo or $149 lifetime.

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