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gemini-deep-research

A deep research extension for Gemini CLI

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A deep research extension for Gemini CLI

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Kind
Plugins
Topic
AI, RAG & memory
Publisher
allenhutchison
Origin
gemini
Category
ferramentas
Version
0.3.0
Stars
84
Forks
8
Open pull requests
2
Last push
2026-08-15T20:15:12Z
Repository state
arquivado
Language
TypeScript
License
MIT
Added
2026-08-30 14:13:39
Updated
2026-08-30 14:13:39
Origin id
allenhutchison/gemini-cli-deep-research

README

# gemini-deep-research
A deep research extension for Gemini CLI

## Requirements

**A paid Google AI API key is required.** Deep Research uses the Gemini Interactions API, which has separate quota from standard Gemini model calls. Free-tier API keys do not have access and will receive a `429 Too Many Requests` quota error.

Get a paid key from [Google AI Studio](https://aistudio.google.com/apikey) and ensure billing is enabled on your Google Cloud project.

## Configuration

Set your API key using one of the following environment variables (in order of priority):

1.  `GEMINI_DEEP_RESEARCH_API_KEY`
2.  `GEMINI_API_KEY`

If neither is set, the MCP server will exit with an error.

You can also configure the default model used for queries (not the deep research agent) using:

1.  `GEMINI_DEEP_RESEARCH_MODEL`
2.  `GEMINI_MODEL`

If neither is set, it defaults to `models/gemini-flash-latest`.

## Installation
Install the extension with:

```sh
gemini extensions install https://github.com/allenhutchison/gemini-cli-deep-research --auto-update
```

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