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How to Install and Setup Gemini CLI in Terminal & Build Unlimited Full Stack Apps For FREE
Apr 25, 2026
How to Install and Setup Gemini CLI in Terminal & Build Unlimited Full Stack Apps For FREE
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Uh hello guys in this live stream I will
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actually show you how to set up and
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install Gemini CLA directly inside your
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terminal to create fullstack coding
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applications. So Gemini do provide a CLI
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if you simply type Gemini CLI on Google.
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The very first website which comes this
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is official officially created by
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Google. So it's completely free to use.
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So there is no subscription cost you
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it's completely free to use. This is
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their homepage geminici.com.
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So once you go to to this. So these are
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the screenshots of this and the command
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is really simple. npm install-g. Simply
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copy this command and directly open your
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terminal
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and simply paste it. So you should have
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NodeJS installed. So I simply pasted
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this command and simply press enter. So
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this will install this Gemini CLI
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globally inside your system. So just
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wait for the command to finish. So just
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it takes just 2 minutes to install this.
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So this is their official documentation
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right here. You exactly see what sort of
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Gemini CLI it's it. You should have at
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least
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you can see it's operates on all the
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operating system Mac operating system,
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Windows, Abuntu. It's a crossplatform
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uh program.
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So for the hardware requirements, you
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should have at least 4 GB of RAM.
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You should have NodeJS installed
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and internet connection is required for
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this because it communicates with Gemini
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API.
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Gemini AI provider. So these are the
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instructions. So once it get installed
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after you do this you simply type Gemini
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in the terminal to start the CLI. So now
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you will see the actual CLI successfully
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installed. So now wherever you need to
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create the application you simply go
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into that folder and actually
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instantiate
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Gemini. So right here I will go to the
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terminal. I create a new folder.
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I cd into this folder and open it inside
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VS code. And uh now I start the Gemini
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right here. So I simply type here
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Gemini.
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And as soon as I type this, you will see
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the Gemini CLI will get started.
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and uh
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so you will see this official logo right
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here.
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So it just take 2 minutes to get
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started. So you will see that Gemini CLI
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version it is showing you
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and right here you simply say test this
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folder. So I will simply select that.
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So now the CLI is successfully starting
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restarting it.
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So it just takes some time if you're
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doing it for the very first time. So
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once it gets started, you will see this
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right here. I have officially logged
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directly.
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So right here you see the chat prompt
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and you get free kota right here. As you
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see, you get
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100% kota and it is using this model
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Gemini 3 flash preview model. So right
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here exactly I tell what sort of
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application I want to develop. So I
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simply say build a image to PDF web app
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or I can simply say build a ReactJS
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image to PDF web app in browser. So make
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all the files.
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So right here we will create a full
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stack React application. So I simply
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submitted the prompt right here. And now
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the AI will start creating all the files
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for us. So it will create instantiate
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all the commands. You just need to grant
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the permission. So I will simply say
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allow for this.
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So now it is reading your directory. It
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will create all the necessary files.
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It will execute the commands in the
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background. So you don't need to do
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anything. You simply wait for the AI to
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complete the task.
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So it will automatically
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create all the files for you.
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So it is automatically searching the
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internet for the best practices
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and then automatically fetching the best
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source code which is available.
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So it is using the best best approach
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which is possible, the best libraries,
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the best packages which are required for
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this task to complete
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and it actually proposed this strategy
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and uh now it is asking you if this
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works for you. So you just say here you
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can create.
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So after you confirm it then it will
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start creating this application for you
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step by step
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and then it will simply asking for the
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permissions. So you simply approve all
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this permission give.
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So now you will see first of all it
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creates the package dojson file. So it
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list outs all the
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uh dependencies which it will use. Then
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it creates the tsconfig.json file. So
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you will see in live preview it is
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creating file by file and uh
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you can totally get started for
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completely free. So this is great
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alternative as opposed to other AI
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providers which are not completely free.
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But Gemini does provide this CLI which
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is completely free to try.
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So it is creating file all the files
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here step by step and you actually see
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as it is creating these files your kota
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is also increasing. So so once it
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reaches 100% then it will give you the
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warning but
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it is more than enough to create a full
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stack react project.
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So now it will actually install the
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packages as well which are mentioned in.
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So it is now creating a source folder
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inside this.
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So as you can see I simply written the
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prompt and after that I haven't touched
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the keyboard. Rest of the stuff is
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simply the Gemini is doing all the
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stuff. It's creating all the files.
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So it is totally on autopilot. You don't
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need to touch anything. The AI will do
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everything for you.
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So you can see the speed as well of
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generating the code is also very insane.
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It written all this code in a short
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amount of time.
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So inside the source folder you can see
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all these components. It generates the
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utils folder. It created for PDF
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generator.
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So you can see it has successfully
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created the image to PDF React
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application. It gives you all the
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summary of all the files which had it it
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has created and also it is telling you
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that to run the application locally you
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need to execute these commands. So we
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can also tell please execute
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these commands
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to run the app.
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So also we can tell the AI to run the
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application as well. So now the AI will
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start executing these commands in the
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background.
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So in this easy way you can set up and
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install Gemini CLA and create a
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fullstack coding application and simply
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grant the permission for this for
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installing the packages. So this will
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create the node modules folder
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and as it installs the node packages.
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So you will see the node modules folder
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get created.
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So after that it will start the local
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development server where it will start
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the application.
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So simply grant the permission. So now
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it has started the application localhost
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5173. You can simply open the
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application right here.
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So in 5 minutes as you see that it
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created a full stack react application.
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So I think the port number is 5173.
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So if you if it if you face any kind of
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error you can paste this error directly
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in the chat prompt. It can directly fix
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the error message as well. So you can
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see this is your image to PDF
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application which is ready. You set
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select a bunch of images and click on
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download PDF
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and your PDF file will get downloaded.
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So in this easy way you can create any
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kind of application directly using this
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Gemini CLA. You simply type the prompt
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and after that all the files will be
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generated by this Gemini CLA
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and
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it is totally free to try. It gives you
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around 100% kota which is more than
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enough to try this and it doesn't
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require any API key. So definitely get
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started.