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+# Gemini CLI Tool Mapping
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+Skills speak in actions ("dispatch a subagent", "create a todo", "read a file"). On Gemini CLI these resolve to the tools below.
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+| Action skills request | Gemini CLI equivalent |
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+| Read a file | `read_file` |
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+| Read multiple files at once | `read_many_files` |
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+| Create a new file | `write_file` |
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+| Edit a file | `replace` |
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+| Run a shell command | `run_shell_command` |
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+| Search file contents | `grep_search` |
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+| Find files by name | `glob` |
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+| List files and subdirectories | `list_directory` |
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+| Fetch a URL | `web_fetch` |
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+| Search the web | `google_web_search` |
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+| Invoke a skill | `activate_skill` |
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+| Dispatch a subagent (`Subagent (general-purpose):` template) | `invoke_agent` with `agent_name: "generalist"` (invocable via `@generalist` chat syntax — see [Subagent support](#subagent-support)) |
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+| Multiple parallel dispatches | Multiple `invoke_agent` calls in the same response |
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+| Task tracking ("create a todo", "mark complete") | `write_todos` (statuses: pending, in_progress, completed, cancelled, blocked) |
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+## Instructions file
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+When a skill mentions "your instructions file", on Gemini CLI this is **`GEMINI.md`**. Gemini CLI loads `GEMINI.md` hierarchically: global at `~/.gemini/GEMINI.md`, project-level files in workspace directories and their ancestors, and sub-directory `GEMINI.md` files when a tool accesses files in those directories.
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+## Personal skills directory
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+User-level skills live at **`~/.gemini/skills/`**, with **`~/.agents/skills/`** as a cross-runtime alias (shared with Codex and Copilot CLI). When both directories exist at the same scope, `.agents/skills/` takes precedence. Each skill is a subdirectory containing a `SKILL.md` (with `name` and `description` frontmatter).
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+## Subagent support
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+Gemini CLI dispatches subagents through the `invoke_agent` tool, which takes `agent_name` and `prompt` parameters. The same dispatch is also surfaced as a chat-syntax shortcut: typing `@generalist <prompt>` is equivalent to calling `invoke_agent` with `agent_name: "generalist"`. Built-in agent names include `generalist`, `cli_help`, `codebase_investigator`, and (with browser tooling enabled) `browser_agent`.
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+Skills dispatch with `Subagent (general-purpose):` and either reference a prompt-template file (e.g., `superpowers:subagent-driven-development`'s `./implementer-prompt.md`) or supply an inline prompt. On Gemini CLI:
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+| Skill dispatch form | Gemini CLI equivalent |
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+| References a `*-prompt.md` template (implementer, task-reviewer, code-reviewer, etc.) | Fill the template, then `invoke_agent` with `agent_name: "generalist"` and the filled prompt |
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+| References `superpowers:requesting-code-review`'s `./code-reviewer.md` | `invoke_agent` with `agent_name: "generalist"` and the filled review template |
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+| Inline prompt (no template referenced) | `invoke_agent` with `agent_name: "generalist"` and your inline prompt |
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+### Prompt filling
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+Skills provide prompt templates with placeholders like `{WHAT_WAS_IMPLEMENTED}` or `[FULL TEXT of task]`. Fill all placeholders before passing the complete prompt to `invoke_agent`. The prompt template itself contains the agent's role, review criteria, and expected output format — the subagent will follow it.
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+### Parallel dispatch
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+Gemini CLI supports parallel subagent dispatch. Issue multiple `invoke_agent` calls in the same response (or multiple `@generalist` invocations in one prompt) to run independent subagent work in parallel. Keep dependent tasks sequential, but do not serialize independent subagent tasks just to preserve a simpler history.
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+## Additional Gemini CLI tools
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+These tools are unique to Gemini CLI:
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+| Tool | Purpose |
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+| `save_memory` (legacy) | Persist facts across sessions when `experimental.memoryV2 = false` |
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+| `get_internal_docs` | Look up Gemini CLI's bundled documentation |
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+| `ask_user` | Pose structured questions to the user (text / single-select / multi-select) |
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+| `enter_plan_mode` / `exit_plan_mode` | Switch into and out of read-only plan mode |
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+| `update_topic` | Update the current conversation's topic / strategic-intent metadata |
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+| `complete_task` | Signal that a Gemini subagent has completed and return its result to the parent agent |
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+| `tracker_create_task`, `tracker_update_task`, `tracker_get_task`, `tracker_list_tasks`, `tracker_add_dependency`, `tracker_visualize` | Rich task tracker with dependency and visualization support |
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+| `read_mcp_resource`, `list_mcp_resources` | MCP resource access |
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