Video course · 15 chapters · 121 min · certificate
Gemini CLI Essentials: Free Open Source AI Coding Agent for Developers
Mike from Creator Magic tests Google's free, open-source Gemini CLI live and unfiltered: installation and setup, trying to build an Imagen 4 app, getting stuck and starting over, fixing a hallucinated API call, pivoting to Replicate, a head-to-head with Claude Code, then using MCP to create a Supabase database and an edge function.
What you'll learn
- Install and authenticate Gemini CLI
- Prompt Gemini CLI to scaffold a web app
- Recognise and fix hallucinated API code
- Handle API keys and service accounts safely
- Compare Gemini CLI with Claude Code
- Connect an MCP server to create Supabase tables and edge functions
Chapters
15 chapters · 120:32-
4:48
01Setup Members
What is Gemini CLI and setup
One command install.
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4:35
02Build Members
First attempt: an Imagen 4 app
Ambitious start.
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5:11
03Iterate Members
The first app runs (but it's ugly)
It works… sort of.
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6:56
04Debug Members
Stuck processes and starting over
Know when to restart.
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14:50
05Reality Members
Third attempt: it's painful
Raw and unfiltered.
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9:47
06Debug Members
Fixing the hallucinated API call
Read the code.
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5:26
07Pivot Members
Pivoting to Replicate
Change approach.
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8:38
08Iterate Members
Success, then broken again
Two steps forward.
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8:03
09Compare Members
Gemini CLI vs Claude Code
Same prompt, two agents.
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4:56
10Debug Members
Gemini finally fixes the app
Paste the error.
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13:37
11MCP Members
Testing MCP
Model Context Protocol.
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13:59
12Supabase Members
Using MCP to create a Supabase database
Tables via MCP.
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1:50
13Success Members
The MCP works
Tables with RLS.
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13:53
14Edge functions Members
Creating an edge function with MCP
No backend server.
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4:03
15Verdict Members
Final thoughts
Promising, rough.
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