GEMINI.md

GEMINI.md is the project context file convention used by the Google Gemini CLI to provide project-specific instructions, coding standards, architectural notes, and development workflows to the Gemini AI agent. The format follows a hierarchical, plain Markdown structure that the Gemini CLI loads automatically from the working directory and parent directories, layering global, project, and subproject context. It mirrors similar agent context conventions like CLAUDE.md and AGENTS.md.

GEMINI.md is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include AI Agents, AI Copilot, Coding Standards, Context File, and Developer Workflow.

GEMINI.md’s developer surface includes documentation and 9 more developer resources.

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19.4/100 emerging ▲ 7.3 Agent 4/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-30 · rubric v0.17.2

0 APIs 3 Agent Skills

AI Agents AI Copilot Coding StandardsContext FileDeveloper Workflow Gemini Google Markdown Standard

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scored 2026-08-30 · rubric v0.17.2

Composite quality — 19.4/100 · emerging

Contract Quality 0.0 / 23

Developer Ergonomics 3.0 / 18

Access Clarity 0.0 / 18

Operational Transparency 3.4 / 12

Contract Governance 0.0 / 11

Discoverability 4.5 / 9

Open Source Surface 8.5 / 10

Agent readiness — 4/100 · human only

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 5 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Surface 0 / 5

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The six quality facets above are damped to 90 points between them, because the conditional facet above carries the other 10. That is why each facet's contribution is shown against a damped maximum: raising a quality facet moves the composite by 90% of its nominal weight, not 100%. The full arithmetic is at apis.io/rating/.

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Documentation 2

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ContributionGuide

ContributionGuide

Documentation

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AgentSkills

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Build 2

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GitHubOrganization

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SourceCode

SourceCode

Access & Security 1

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SecurityPolicy

SecurityPolicy

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

IssueTracker

IssueTracker

Releases

Releases

Commercial 1

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License

License

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Source (apis.yml)

aid: gemini-md
name: GEMINI.md
description: GEMINI.md is the project context file convention used by the Google Gemini CLI to provide project-specific instructions,
  coding standards, architectural notes, and development workflows to the Gemini AI agent. The format follows a hierarchical,
  plain Markdown structure that the Gemini CLI loads automatically from the working directory and parent directories, layering
  global, project, and subproject context. It mirrors similar agent context conventions like CLAUDE.md and AGENTS.md.
kind: standard
deliveryModel:
  model: unknown
  open_source: unknown
  commercial: false
  callable_host: false
  label: Delivery model not determined — needs a product licence on record
  confidence: low
  source:
  - repository-unlicensed
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/gemini-md.png
access: 3rd-Party
position: Consumer
created: '2025-01-01'
modified: '2026-05-19'
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/gemini-md/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
specificationVersion: '0.23'
tags:
- AI Agents
- AI Copilot
- Coding Standards
- Context File
- Developer Workflow
- Gemini
- Google
- Markdown
- Standard
apis: []
common:
- type: IssueTracker
  url: https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/issues
- type: Releases
  url: https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/releases
- type: SecurityPolicy
  url: https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/blob/main/SECURITY.md
- type: ContributionGuide
  url: https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md
- type: Website
  url: https://google.github.io/gemini-cli/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/google-gemini
- type: SourceCode
  url: https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli
- type: License
  url: https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/blob/main/LICENSE
- name: Agent Skills
  url: https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-skills
  type: AgentSkills
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

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