# Gemini CLI

> Gemini CLI is an officially published AI tool from Google. Anomity scores its risk at 10 out of 100 (low).

- **Canonical URL:** https://catalog.anomity.ai/agent/gemini-cli
- **Kind:** AI tool
- **Publisher:** Google
- **Trust level:** official
- **Risk score:** 10/100 (low)
- **Website:** https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-02
- **JSON:** https://catalog.anomity.ai/api/entries/agent/gemini-cli

## Description

Google AI coding agent for the terminal with MCP support

## Why it scored 10

The score starts at the catalog's neutral base of 50 and moves only through the signals below. The formula is published at https://catalog.anomity.ai/about — there is no model and no hidden heuristic.

| Signal | Contribution | Severity | Evidence |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Published by the vendor | -40 | trust offset |  |

Clamped result: **10/100**, band **low**.

## Configuration surface

Files this tool reads on the host. Anything written here changes what the agent does next.

- `gemini-global-settings` — Global settings (also carries hooks under hooks.<Event>)
    - win32: `${USERPROFILE}\.gemini\settings.json`
    - darwin: `${HOME}/.gemini/settings.json`
    - linux: `${HOME}/.gemini/settings.json`
- `gemini-project-settings` — Project-level settings (also carries hooks under hooks.<Event>)
    - win32: `${PROJECT}\.gemini\settings.json`
    - darwin: `${PROJECT}/.gemini/settings.json`
    - linux: `${PROJECT}/.gemini/settings.json`
- `gemini-global-context` — Global GEMINI.md context-injection file
    - win32: `${USERPROFILE}\.gemini\GEMINI.md`
    - darwin: `${HOME}/.gemini/GEMINI.md`
    - linux: `${HOME}/.gemini/GEMINI.md`
- `gemini-project-context` — Project-level GEMINI.md context-injection file
    - win32: `${PROJECT}\GEMINI.md`
    - darwin: `${PROJECT}/GEMINI.md`
    - linux: `${PROJECT}/GEMINI.md`
- `gemini-project-skills` — Project skills (.gemini/skills + .agents/skills)
- `gemini-user-skills` — User-level Gemini skills
- `gemini-plugin-skills` — Skills bundled inside installed Gemini CLI plugins (~/.gemini/config/plugins/*/skills/)
- `gemini-user-subagents` — User-scope subagents (~/.gemini/agents/*.md — own tool allowlist)
- `gemini-project-subagents` — Project subagents (.gemini/agents/*.md)
- `gemini-user-extensions` — Installed Gemini CLI extensions (gemini-extension.json manifests)
- `gemini-project-extensions` — Project-level Gemini CLI extensions

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Source: Anomity Catalog (https://catalog.anomity.ai/). Scoring methodology: https://catalog.anomity.ai/about. Machine-readable index: https://catalog.anomity.ai/llms.txt · https://catalog.anomity.ai/openapi.json