Gemini Assistant

Use the Gemini CLI (gemini) to get a second opinion, delegate work, request code review, do web research, or analyze codebase architecture using Google's Gemini models.

Defaults

• Model: use repo-root RAZORBACK.md model routing when present. If absent, use a reviewer-grade model for strategy/escalation work and a faster model for mechanical work.
• Output: -o text for human-readable (use -o json when you need stats or structured parsing)
• Always append: 2>/dev/null to suppress stderr noise (auth messages, debug info) and get clean stdout only
• Timeout: Always set the Bash tool's timeout parameter — minimum 600000ms (10 min) for simple queries, 1200000ms (20 min) for delegation/refactoring tasks, 1800000ms (30 min) when Gemini is doing deep analysis or itself calling out to another model. Err generous — a single timeout wastes more time and tokens than a longer wait. Gemini also has a native --timeout <ms> flag you can pair with this for belt-and-suspenders.
• Working directory: Gemini operates on whatever directory it's launched from — it has no -C flag like Codex. If the target code isn't in the current working directory, always cd to the target directory first using cd /path/to/project && gemini .... Without this, Gemini will waste its entire session trying to find the files.
• Forceful prompts: Gemini sometimes presents plans and asks for confirmation even in yolo mode. Use directive language: "Apply now", "Start immediately", "Do this without asking for confirmation."

For command snippets below, set GEMINI_MODEL before invoking: