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| author | Brandon Keiji <[email protected]> | 2025-04-17 11:59:12 -0700 |
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| committer | GitHub <[email protected]> | 2025-04-17 11:59:12 -0700 |
| commit | 898a83031c695f6da8705848ebe9998a7b626019 (patch) | |
| tree | 372793ad3313b62aca33b36f5aa2bed66e717d2b /packages/cli/README.md | |
| parent | f10aaf7e7e063ffa29832223a241623a1c84333e (diff) | |
docs: Add setup instructions for API key to README (#1)
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diff --git a/packages/cli/README.md b/packages/cli/README.md index fb2d380d..42e5edf1 100644 --- a/packages/cli/README.md +++ b/packages/cli/README.md @@ -2,6 +2,20 @@ This package contains the core command-line interface for Gemini Code. +## Setup + +1. **Get a Gemini API Key:** Obtain your API key from Google AI Studio: [https://aistudio.google.com/app/apikey](https://aistudio.google.com/app/apikey) +2. **Set Environment Variable:** Set the `GEMINI_API_KEY` environment variable to your obtained key. You can do this temporarily in your current shell session: + ```bash + export GEMINI_API_KEY="YOUR_API_KEY" + ``` + Or add it to your shell's configuration file (like `~/.bashrc`, `~/.zshrc`, or `~/.profile`) for persistence: + ```bash + echo 'export GEMINI_API_KEY="YOUR_API_KEY"' >> ~/.bashrc # Or your preferred shell config file + source ~/.bashrc # Reload the config + ``` + Replace `"YOUR_API_KEY"` with your actual key. + ## Building To build only the CLI package, navigate to this directory (`packages/cli`) and run: |