Google is launching Gemini CLI extensions to permit completely different improvement instruments to attach as much as the Gemini CLI.
Every extension features a playbook that teaches the CLI methods to successfully use that software, eliminating the necessity for builders to configure them. “If you wish to look beneath the hood, Gemini CLI extensions bundle directions, MCP servers and customized instructions into a well-known and user-friendly format,” Google wrote in a weblog publish.
Twenty-two extensions can be found at launch from Google companions Atlassian, Canva, Confluent, Dynatrace, Elastic, Figma, GitLab, Grafana Labs, Harness, HashiCorp, MongoDB, Neo4j, Pinecone, Postman, Qodo, Shopify, Snyk, Sonar, Stripe, ThoughtSpot, Weights & Biases by CoreWeave, and WIX.
Google itself presents a number of extensions to attach the Gemini CLI to its different instruments, corresponding to Chrome DevTools, Firebase, Flutter, Genkit, and extra. It additionally helps extensions that had been created by the neighborhood.
Google has created a new web site that lists all the obtainable extensions to make it simpler for builders to see what their choices are, and the extensions are sorted by what number of GitHub stars they’ve. Extensions will be put in instantly from the command line in a single command.
“Gemini CLI extensions put you in management. You’ll be able to mix extensions, chain instructions and construct a customized toolchain that completely matches the way in which you’re employed. Whether or not you need to streamline a private workflow or combine an organization’s inner instruments, you now have the ability to create the command-line expertise you’ve all the time wished,” the corporate wrote.
