handoff-gemini: Research & Knowledge for AI Agents | OpenAgentSkill

Overview

Delegate long-context analysis, research, and large-document summarization to Google Gemini CLI (1M-token context) via non-interactive `gemini -p`, preserving Claude context. Use when the user says 'use gemini'/'hand off to gemini' or a task needs 100K+ tokens of context.

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Handoff to Gemini CLI

Delegate tasks to Google Gemini CLI to save Claude context.

When to Use Gemini

Use Gemini For	Keep in Claude
Long document analysis	Complex coding
Multimodal tasks	Architecture decisions
Research and summarization	Multi-step workflows
Large file comprehension	Problem analysis

Prerequisites

# Install Gemini CLI (Google)
npm install -g @google/gemini-cli
# Or via: https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli

Handoff Process

1. Prepare Context

## Task for Gemini
**Goal**: [What needs to be done]
**Files**: [Which files to analyze]
**Output**: [What format to return]

2. Generate Command

Pass the prompt with -p (non-interactive). Reference files or directories inline with @<path>, or pipe content via stdin. There is no -f flag.

# Analyze a directory (@ reads it recursively)
gemini -p "Summarize the components in @src/"

# Research task (no file context)
gemini -p "Research best practices for [topic]"

# Document analysis (single file via @)
gemini -p "Extract key points from @docs/spec.md"

# Large or generated context via stdin
cat docs/spec.md | gemini -p "Extract key points"

Note: A src/**/*.ts-style glob only expands if the shell has globstar enabled (shopt -s globstar in bash). Prefer a directory reference like @src/, which Gemini reads recursively without relying on shell globbing.

3. Provide Instructions

Why Gemini is suitable
Expected output
How to continue workflow

Example

## Task: Research API Best Practices

**Command:**
gemini -p "Research REST API versioning strategies. Summarize pros/cons."

**After:**
- Review research
- Share relevant findings
- Implement chosen strategy

Benefits

Token Savings: Research tasks don't consume Claude context
Long Context: Handles very large documents
Specialization: Use each AI's strengths

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name: handoff-gemini
description: Delegate long-context analysis, research, and large-document summarization to Google Gemini CLI (1M-token context) via non-interactive `gemini -p`, preserving Claude context. Use when the user says 'use gemini'/'hand off to gemini' or a task needs 100K+ tokens of context.
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name: handoff-gemini
description: Delegate long-context analysis, research, and large-document summarization to Google Gemini CLI (1M-token context) via non-interactive `gemini -p`, preserving Claude context. Use when the user says 'use gemini'/'hand off to gemini' or a task needs 100K+ tokens of context.
user-invocable: true
---

# Handoff to Gemini CLI

Delegate tasks to Google Gemini CLI to save Claude context.

---

## When to Use Gemini

| Use Gemini For | Keep in Claude |
|----------------|----------------|
| Long document analysis | Complex coding |
| Multimodal tasks | Architecture decisions |
| Research and summarization | Multi-step workflows |
| Large file comprehension | Problem analysis |

---

## Prerequisites

```bash
# Install Gemini CLI (Google)
npm install -g @google/gemini-cli
# Or via: https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli
```

---

## Handoff Process

### 1. Prepare Context
```markdown
## Task for Gemini
**Goal**: [What needs to be done]
**Files**: [Which files to analyze]
**Output**: [What format to return]
```

### 2. Generate Command

Pass the prompt with `-p` (non-interactive). Reference files or directories inline with `@<path>`, or pipe content via stdin. There is no `-f` flag.

```bash
# Analyze a directory (@ reads it recursively)
gemini -p "Summarize the components in @src/"

# Research task (no file context)
gemini -p "Research best practices for [topic]"

# Document analysis (single file via @)
gemini -p "Extract key points from @docs/spec.md"

# Large or generated context via stdin
cat docs/spec.md | gemini -p "Extract key points"
```

> **Note**: A `src/**/*.ts`-style glob only expands if the shell has globstar enabled (`shopt -s globstar` in bash). Prefer a directory reference like `@src/`, which Gemini reads recursively without relying on shell globbing.

### 3. Provide Instructions
- Why Gemini is suitable
- Expected output
- How to continue workflow

---

## Example

```markdown
## Task: Research API Best Practices

**Command:**
gemini -p "Research REST API versioning strategies. Summarize pros/cons."

**After:**
- Review research
- Share relevant findings
- Implement chosen strategy
```

---

## Benefits

- **Token Savings**: Research tasks don't consume Claude context
- **Long Context**: Handles very large documents
- **Specialization**: Use each AI's strengths

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Skill relies on external CLI installation; no fallback or error handling guidance if gemini is not installed.
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GitHub adoption: 81 GitHub stars
Stars/forks activity: 81 stars, 11 forks; issue activity unavailable in current metadata
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Source repository: claude-world/director-mode-lite
License: MIT
Version: 1.0.0
Last GitHub push: Aug 31, 2026
Registry updated: Sep 7, 2026
Instruction path: skills/handoff-gemini/SKILL.md @ 099306a98ec1

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