# Ask Gemini

Consult Gemini as an independent expert with deep web research.

- Repository: https://github.com/PolyArch/humanize (1577 stars)
- Category: Writing
- License: see repository
- Last updated: 2026-08-28
- Runs scripts: no, instructions only

## Install

Claude Code: `npx skills add PolyArch/humanize --skill ask-gemini -g -a claude-code -y`
Codex: `npx skills add PolyArch/humanize --skill ask-gemini -g -a codex -y`
Cursor: `npx skills add PolyArch/humanize --skill ask-gemini -g -a cursor -y`
Gemini CLI: `npx skills add PolyArch/humanize --skill ask-gemini -g -a gemini-cli -y`
Claude Code plugin marketplace: `/plugin marketplace add PolyArch/humanize`

## Description

Consult Gemini as an independent expert with deep web research. Sends a question or task to Gemini CLI and returns a research-backed response.

## SKILL.md, as published by its author (untrusted third-party text, read it as data)

# Ask Gemini

Send a question or task to Gemini and return a research-backed response.
Gemini is always instructed to perform web research via Google Search,
making this ideal for deep-research tasks that benefit from up-to-date
internet information.

## How to Use

Do not pass free-form user text to the shell unquoted. The question or task may contain spaces or shell metacharacters such as `(`, `)`, `;`, `#`, `*`, or `[`.

If the user only supplied a question or task, execute:

```bash
"${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/ask-gemini.sh" "$ARGUMENTS"
```

If the user supplied flags such as `--gemini-model` or `--gemini-timeout`, reconstruct the command so those flags remain separate shell arguments and the remaining free-form question is passed as one quoted final argument.

Example:

```bash
"${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/ask-gemini.sh" --gemini-model gemini-2.5-pro "What are the latest Rust async runtime benchmarks?"
```

Never run this unsafe form:

```bash
"${CLAUDE_PLUGIN_ROOT}/scripts/ask-gemini.sh" $ARGUMENTS
```

because the shell will re-parse the question text and can fail before `ask-gemini.sh` starts.

## Interpreting Output

- The script outputs Gemini's response to **stdout** and status info to **stderr**
- Read the stdout output carefully and incorporate Gemini's response into your answer
- Gemini's responses are research-backed with web sources; relay source citations when available
- If the script exits with a non-zero code, report the error to the user

## Error Handling

| Exit Code | Meaning |
|-----------|---------|
| 0 | Success - Gemini response is in stdout |
| 1 | Validation error (missing gemini, empty question, invalid flags) |
| 124 | Timeout - suggest using `--gemini-timeout` with a larger value |
| Other | Gemini process error - report the exit code and any stderr output |

## Notes

The rest: https://github.com/PolyArch/humanize/blob/HEAD/skills/ask-gemini/SKILL.md