Overview
Agents CLI is Google's open-source command-line tool and skills package that upgrades any coding assistant into an expert at building, evaluating, governing, and deploying AI agents on Google Cloud. It integrates with the Agent Development Kit (ADK) and Gemini ecosystem, covering the full agent lifecycle from creation to production deployment.
Key Features
- CLI plus skills that work with any coding assistant.
- Agent creation, evaluation, governance, and deployment workflows.
- Built around Google ADK and the Gemini enterprise agent platform.
- Documentation site with guides at google.github.io/agents-cli.
Use Cases
- Build and deploy ADK-based agents on Google Cloud from the terminal.
- Evaluate and govern agents before production rollout.
- Standardize agent development workflows across coding assistants.
Technical Details
- Ships as a CLI plus agent skills that augment any coding assistant, rather than a locked-in IDE plugin.
- Covers the full agent lifecycle from one tool: scaffold with ADK, evaluate, govern, and deploy to Google Cloud.
- Skills package makes agent-development expertise portable across assistants like Claude Code and Gemini.
- Built around the Agent Development Kit and Gemini enterprise agent platform.