/ask-gemini

name: ask-gemini
description: Consult Gemini as an independent expert with deep web research. Sends a question or task to Gemini CLI and returns a research-backed response.
argument-hint: "[--gemini-model MODEL] [--gemini-timeout SECONDS] [question or task]"
allowed-tools: "Bash(${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/ask-gemini.sh:*)"

Ask Gemini

Send a question or task to Gemini and return a research-backed response. Gemini is always instructed to perform web research via Google Search, making this ideal for deep-research tasks that benefit from up-to-date internet information.

How to Use

Do not pass free-form user text to the shell unquoted. The question or task may contain spaces or shell metacharacters such as `(`, `)`, `;`, `#`, `*`, or `[`.

If the user only supplied a question or task, execute:

"${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/ask-gemini.sh" "$ARGUMENTS"

If the user supplied flags such as `--gemini-model` or `--gemini-timeout`, reconstruct the command so those flags remain separate shell arguments and the remaining free-form question is passed as one quoted final argument.

Example:

"${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/ask-gemini.sh" --gemini-model gemini-2.5-pro "What are the latest Rust async runtime benchmarks?"

Never run this unsafe form:

"${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/ask-gemini.sh" $ARGUMENTS

because the shell will re-parse the question text and can fail before `ask-gemini.sh` starts.

Interpreting Output

• The script outputs Gemini's response to **stdout** and status info to **stderr**
• Read the stdout output carefully and incorporate Gemini's response into your answer
• Gemini's responses are research-backed with web sources; relay source citations when available
• If the script exits with a non-zero code, report the error to the user

Error Handling

| Exit Code | Meaning | |-----------|---------| | 0 | Success - Gemini response is in stdout | | 1 | Validation error (missing gemini, empty question, invalid flags) | | 124 | Timeout - suggest using `--gemini-timeout` with a larger value | | Other | Gemini process error - report the exit code and any stderr output |

Notes

• The response is saved to `.humanize/skill/<timestamp>/output.md` for reference
• Default model is `gemini-3.1-pro-preview` with a 3600-second timeout
• Gemini is always instructed to perform Google Search for up-to-date information