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title: "Google (Gemini)"
summary: "Google Gemini setup (API key + OAuth, image generation, media understanding, web search)"
read_when:
- You want to use Google Gemini models with OpenClaw
- You need the API key or OAuth auth flow
---
# Google (Gemini)
The Google plugin provides access to Gemini models through Google AI Studio, plus
image generation, media understanding (image/audio/video), and web search via
Gemini Grounding.
- Provider: `google`
- Auth: `GEMINI_API_KEY` or `GOOGLE_API_KEY`
- API: Google Gemini API
- Alternative provider: `google-gemini-cli` (OAuth)
## Quick start
1. Set the API key:
```bash
openclaw onboard --auth-choice google-api-key
```
2. Set a default model:
```json5
{
agents: {
defaults: {
model: { primary: "google/gemini-3.1-pro-preview" },
},
},
}
```
## Non-interactive example
```bash
openclaw onboard --non-interactive \
--mode local \
--auth-choice google-api-key \
--gemini-api-key "$GEMINI_API_KEY"
```
## OAuth (Gemini CLI)
An alternative provider `google-gemini-cli` uses PKCE OAuth instead of an API
key. This is an unofficial integration; some users report account
restrictions. Use at your own risk.
Environment variables:
- `OPENCLAW_GEMINI_OAUTH_CLIENT_ID`
- `OPENCLAW_GEMINI_OAUTH_CLIENT_SECRET`
(Or the `GEMINI_CLI_*` variants.)
## Capabilities
| Capability | Supported |
| ---------------------- | ----------------- |
| Chat completions | Yes |
| Image generation | Yes |
| Image understanding | Yes |
| Audio transcription | Yes |
| Video understanding | Yes |
| Web search (Grounding) | Yes |
| Thinking/reasoning | Yes (Gemini 3.1+) |
## Environment note
If the Gateway runs as a daemon (launchd/systemd), make sure `GEMINI_API_KEY`
is available to that process (for example, in `~/.openclaw/.env` or via
`env.shellEnv`).