The Agent Factory – Episode 7: Gemini CLI with Taylor Mullen

Chapters:
00:54 – What is the Gemini CLI?
02:22 – [Demo] From clone to contribution with Gemini CLI
11:38 – [Demo] Building a personal research assistant with Gemini CLI
17:26 – Agent Industry Pulse
20:47 – Deep dive with Taylor Mullen, creator of Gemini CLI
21:00 – The origin story of Gemini CLI
24:14 – Why open source? Trust, security, and the power of community
27:05 – Using the Gemini CLI to build itself
30:58 – Gemini CLI under the hood: "do what a person would do"
33:14 – The power of agentic self healing
35:19 – Next up on the Gemini CLI road-map: The future is extensible

We are joined by a very special guest, Taylor Mullen, the creator of the Gemini CLI, for a deep dive into the origin story, the philosophy behind its agentic design, and the future of AI powered developer tools. Taylor shares incredible stories, including how the Gemini CLI wrote its first feature for itself and how the team’s designer uses it to build the UI.

On the factory floor, Mollie and Amit go through two hands on demos:
1️⃣ From Clone to Contribution: A step by step guide to using the Gemini CLI as an "onboarding partner" to understand a new repository’s architecture, history, and contribution culture.
2️⃣ The Automated Research Assistant: A look at how to transform a folder of dense research papers into beautiful, interactive summaries with a single custom command.

Whether you’re a seasoned developer or just starting your journey with AI agents, this episode is packed with insights and practical workflows you can use today. Leave your questions and feedback in the YouTube comments below!

Join the conversation on social media with the hashtag #TheAgentFactory.

Connect with the community at the Google Developer Program forums. → http://goo.gle/4nduIne

🔗 Resources & Links Mentioned:
➖ Gemini CLI → https://goo.gle/47Oerkq
➖ Taylor Mullen LinkedIn → https://goo.gle/3K8AlF9
➖ Taylor Mullen Bluesky → https://goo.gle/467TVKe
➖ Taylor Mullen X → https://goo.gle/4gqv8o5
➖ Research Digest Prompt → https://goo.gle/3KbJ613
➖ Amit’s Custom Slash Commands Repo → https://goo.gle/4n8GbVu
➖ Google Docs MCP → https://goo.gle/4mlTEbp

⚡ THE INDUSTRY PULSE
➖ LangChain 1.0 alpha release → https://goo.gle/4nAXsqi
➖ EmbeddingGemma → https://goo.gle/3ImeTfl
➖ Agentic Design Patterns → https://goo.gle/4n1Sp2c
➖ Gemma 3 270M → https://goo.gle/4mjJN5W
➖ Gemini CLI comes to Zed → https://goo.gle/4nClb9I
➖ 500 AI Agents Projects → https://goo.gle/41Yxi8z
➖ Stanford cme 295 transformers large language models → https://goo.gle/3VmsIgQ

Watch more Agent Factory → https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIivdWyY5sqLXR1eSkiM5bE6pFlXC-OSs

#AIAgents #GeminiCLI #OpenSource

Speaker: Mollie Pettit, Amit Maraj, Taylor Mullen
Products Mentioned: Gemini CLI, Gemini, Gemma 270M, EmbeddingGemma