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# Google (Gemini)
The Google plugin provides access to Gemini models through Google AI Studio, plus image generation, media understanding (image/audio/video), text-to-speech, and web search via Gemini Grounding.
* Provider: `google`
* Auth: `GEMINI_API_KEY` or `GOOGLE_API_KEY`
* API: Google Gemini API
* Managed-cloud provider: `google-vertex` with Google Cloud Application Default Credentials
* Optional runtime: `agentRuntime.id: "google-gemini-cli"` runs an explicitly configured model through the local Gemini CLI
## Getting started
For most installations, use a Google AI Studio API key. Use `google-vertex` when
the Gateway already runs inside a managed Google Cloud environment.
**Recommended for:** standard Gemini API access.
Create a free key in [Google AI Studio](https://aistudio.google.com/apikey).
```bash theme={"theme":{"light":"min-light","dark":"min-dark"}}
openclaw onboard --auth-choice gemini-api-key
```
Or pass the key directly:
```bash theme={"theme":{"light":"min-light","dark":"min-dark"}}
openclaw onboard --non-interactive \
--mode local \
--auth-choice gemini-api-key \
--gemini-api-key "$GEMINI_API_KEY"
```
```json5 theme={"theme":{"light":"min-light","dark":"min-dark"}}
{
agents: {
defaults: {
model: { primary: "google/gemini-3.1-pro-preview" },
},
},
}
```
```bash theme={"theme":{"light":"min-light","dark":"min-dark"}}
openclaw models list --provider google
```
`GEMINI_API_KEY` and `GOOGLE_API_KEY` are both accepted. Use whichever you already have configured.
With a configured API key, OpenClaw refreshes Google AI Studio's text-model
catalog from the Gemini `models.list` API. Newly released Gemini 3 Pro, Flash,
and Flash-Lite variants therefore appear in
`openclaw models list --provider google` without waiting for an OpenClaw
release. If discovery is unavailable, OpenClaw keeps the bundled fallback
catalog.
**Advanced use only:** run a canonical `google/*` model through an installed
Gemini CLI while keeping authentication on the supported AI Studio API-key
path.
OpenClaw does not offer new Gemini CLI OAuth or Antigravity OAuth setup.
[Google ended consumer Gemini CLI Login with Google access on June 18, 2026](https://developers.google.com/gemini-code-assist/docs/deprecations/code-assist-individuals),
and the [Antigravity terms](https://antigravity.google/terms) prohibit
third-party tools from accessing the service through Antigravity OAuth. Use
an AI Studio API key or Vertex AI instead.
Complete the API-key setup in the first tab. OpenClaw must have a usable
`google` API-key profile before the CLI runtime can be selected.
The local `gemini` command must be available on `PATH`.
```bash theme={"theme":{"light":"min-light","dark":"min-dark"}}
# Homebrew
brew install gemini-cli
# or npm
npm install -g @google/gemini-cli
```
OpenClaw supports both Homebrew installs and global npm installs, including
common Windows/npm layouts.
Keep the canonical Google model ref and opt that model into the CLI
runtime:
```json5 theme={"theme":{"light":"min-light","dark":"min-dark"}}
{
agents: {
defaults: {
model: { primary: "google/gemini-3.1-pro-preview" },
models: {
"google/gemini-3.1-pro-preview": {
agentRuntime: { id: "google-gemini-cli" },
},
},
},
},
}
```
* Runtime: `google-gemini-cli`
* Auth: selected Google AI Studio API-key profile
* Model refs: canonical `google/*`
Existing valid Gemini CLI OAuth profiles remain executable for compatibility,
but OpenClaw cannot create or repair them. If one breaks, replace it with a
Google AI Studio API-key profile.
`google-gemini-cli/*` refs remain legacy compatibility aliases. New configs
should use `google/*` model refs plus the explicit runtime selection above.
`google/gemini-3-pro-preview` was retired on 2026-03-09; use `google/gemini-3.1-pro-preview` instead. Re-running Gemini API key setup (`openclaw onboard --auth-choice gemini-api-key` or `openclaw models auth login --provider google`) rewrites a stale configured default to the current model.
## Capabilities
| Capability | Supported |
| ---------------------- | ----------------------------- |
| Chat completions | Yes |
| Image generation | Yes |
| Music generation | Yes |
| Text-to-speech | Yes |
| Realtime voice | Yes (Google Live API) |
| Image understanding | Yes |
| Audio transcription | Yes |
| Video understanding | Yes |
| Web search (Grounding) | Yes |
| Thinking/reasoning | Yes (Gemini 2.5+ / Gemini 3+) |
| Gemma 4 models | Yes |
## Web search
The bundled `gemini` web-search provider uses Gemini Google Search grounding.
Configure a dedicated search key under `plugins.entries.google.config.webSearch`,
or let it reuse `models.providers.google.apiKey` after `GEMINI_API_KEY`:
```json5 theme={"theme":{"light":"min-light","dark":"min-dark"}}
{
plugins: {
entries: {
google: {
config: {
webSearch: {
apiKey: "AIza...", // optional if GEMINI_API_KEY or models.providers.google.apiKey is set
baseUrl: "https://generativelanguage.googleapis.com/v1beta", // falls back to models.providers.google.baseUrl
model: "gemini-2.5-flash",
},
},
},
},
},
}
```
Credential precedence is dedicated `webSearch.apiKey`, then `GEMINI_API_KEY`,
then `models.providers.google.apiKey`. `webSearch.baseUrl` is optional and
exists for operator proxies or compatible Gemini API endpoints; when omitted,
Gemini web search reuses `models.providers.google.baseUrl`. See
[Gemini search](/tools/gemini-search) for the provider-specific tool behavior.
Gemini 3 models use `thinkingLevel` rather than `thinkingBudget`. OpenClaw maps
Gemini 3, Gemini 3.1, and `gemini-*-latest` alias reasoning controls to
`thinkingLevel` so default/low-latency runs do not send disabled
`thinkingBudget` values.
`/think adaptive` keeps Google's dynamic thinking semantics instead of choosing
a fixed OpenClaw level. Gemini 3 and Gemini 3.1 omit a fixed `thinkingLevel` so
Google can choose the level; Gemini 2.5 sends Google's dynamic sentinel
`thinkingBudget: -1`.
Gemma 4 models (for example `gemma-4-26b-a4b-it`) support thinking mode. OpenClaw
rewrites `thinkingBudget` to a supported Google `thinkingLevel` for Gemma 4.
Setting thinking to `off` preserves thinking disabled instead of mapping to
`MINIMAL`.
Gemini 2.5 Pro only works in thinking mode and rejects an explicit
`thinkingBudget: 0`; OpenClaw strips that value for Gemini 2.5 Pro requests
instead of sending it.
## Image generation
The bundled `google` image-generation provider defaults to
`google/gemini-3.1-flash-image`.
* Also supports `google/gemini-3-pro-image`
* Generate: up to 4 images per request
* Edit mode: enabled, up to 5 input images
* Geometry controls: `size`, `aspectRatio`, and `resolution`
To use Google as the default image provider:
```json5 theme={"theme":{"light":"min-light","dark":"min-dark"}}
{
agents: {
defaults: {
imageGenerationModel: {
primary: "google/gemini-3.1-flash-image",
},
},
},
}
```
See [Image Generation](/tools/image-generation) for shared tool parameters, provider selection, and failover behavior.
## Video generation
The bundled `google` plugin also registers video generation through the shared
`video_generate` tool.
* Default video model: `google/veo-3.1-fast-generate-preview`
* Modes: text-to-video, image-to-video, and single-video reference flows
* Supports `aspectRatio` (`16:9`, `9:16`) and `resolution` (`720P`, `1080P`); audio output is not supported by Veo today
* Supported durations: **4, 6, or 8 seconds** (other values snap to the nearest allowed value)
To use Google as the default video provider:
```json5 theme={"theme":{"light":"min-light","dark":"min-dark"}}
{
agents: {
defaults: {
videoGenerationModel: {
primary: "google/veo-3.1-fast-generate-preview",
},
},
},
}
```
See [Video Generation](/tools/video-generation) for shared tool parameters, provider selection, and failover behavior.
## Music generation
The bundled `google` plugin also registers music generation through the shared
`music_generate` tool.
* Default music model: `google/lyria-3-clip-preview`
* Also supports `google/lyria-3-pro-preview`
* Prompt controls: `lyrics` and `instrumental`
* Output format: `mp3` by default, plus `wav` on `google/lyria-3-pro-preview`
* Reference inputs: up to 10 images
* Session-backed runs detach through the shared task/status flow, including `action: "status"`
To use Google as the default music provider:
```json5 theme={"theme":{"light":"min-light","dark":"min-dark"}}
{
agents: {
defaults: {
musicGenerationModel: {
primary: "google/lyria-3-clip-preview",
},
},
},
}
```
See [Music Generation](/tools/music-generation) for shared tool parameters, provider selection, and failover behavior.
## Text-to-speech
The bundled `google` speech provider uses the Gemini API TTS path with
`gemini-3.1-flash-tts-preview`.
* Default voice: `Kore`
* Auth: `tts.providers.google.apiKey`, `models.providers.google.apiKey`, `GEMINI_API_KEY`, or `GOOGLE_API_KEY`
* Output: WAV for regular TTS attachments, Opus for voice-note targets, PCM for Talk/telephony
* Voice-note output: Google PCM is wrapped as WAV and transcoded to 48 kHz Opus with `ffmpeg`
Google's batch Gemini TTS path returns generated audio in the completed
`generateContent` response. For lowest-latency spoken conversations, use the
Google realtime voice provider backed by the Gemini Live API instead of batch
TTS.
To use Google as the default TTS provider:
```json5 theme={"theme":{"light":"min-light","dark":"min-dark"}}
{
tts: {
auto: "always",
provider: "google",
providers: {
google: {
model: "gemini-3.1-flash-tts-preview",
speakerVoice: "Kore",
audioProfile: "Speak professionally with a calm tone.",
},
},
},
}
```
Gemini API TTS uses natural-language prompting for style control. Set
`audioProfile` to prepend a reusable style prompt before the spoken text. Set
`speakerName` when your prompt text refers to a named speaker.
Gemini API TTS also accepts expressive square-bracket audio tags in the text,
such as `[whispers]` or `[laughs]`. To keep tags out of the visible chat reply
while sending them to TTS, put them inside a `[[tts:text]]...[[/tts:text]]`
block:
```text theme={"theme":{"light":"min-light","dark":"min-dark"}}
Here is the clean reply text.
[[tts:text]][whispers] Here is the spoken version.[[/tts:text]]
```
A Google Cloud Console API key restricted to the Gemini API is valid for this
provider. This is not the separate Cloud Text-to-Speech API path.
## Realtime voice
The bundled `google` plugin registers a realtime voice provider backed by the
Gemini Live API for backend audio bridges such as Voice Call and Google Meet.
| Setting | Config path | Default |
| --------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Model | `plugins.entries.voice-call.config.realtime.providers.google.model` | `gemini-3.1-flash-live-preview` |
| Voice | `...google.voice` | `Kore` |
| Temperature | `...google.temperature` | (unset) |
| VAD start sensitivity | `...google.startSensitivity` | (unset) |
| VAD end sensitivity | `...google.endSensitivity` | (unset) |
| Silence duration | `...google.silenceDurationMs` | (unset) |
| Activity handling | `...google.activityHandling` | Google default, `start-of-activity-interrupts` |
| Turn coverage | `...google.turnCoverage` | Google default, `audio-activity-and-all-video` |
| Disable auto VAD | `...google.automaticActivityDetectionDisabled` | `false` |
| Session resumption | `...google.sessionResumption` | `true` |
| Context compression | `...google.contextWindowCompression` | `true` |
| API key | `...google.apiKey` | Falls back to `models.providers.google.apiKey`, `GEMINI_API_KEY`, or `GOOGLE_API_KEY` |
Example Voice Call realtime config:
```json5 theme={"theme":{"light":"min-light","dark":"min-dark"}}
{
plugins: {
entries: {
"voice-call": {
enabled: true,
config: {
realtime: {
enabled: true,
provider: "google",
providers: {
google: {
model: "gemini-3.1-flash-live-preview",
speakerVoice: "Kore",
activityHandling: "start-of-activity-interrupts",
turnCoverage: "audio-activity-and-all-video",
},
},
},
},
},
},
},
}
```
Google Live API uses bidirectional audio and function calling over a WebSocket.
OpenClaw adapts telephony/Meet bridge audio to Gemini's PCM Live API stream and
keeps tool calls on the shared realtime voice contract. Leave `temperature`
unset unless you need sampling changes; OpenClaw omits non-positive values
because Google Live can return transcripts without audio for `temperature: 0`.
Gemini API transcription is enabled without `languageCodes`; the current Google
SDK rejects language-code hints on this API path.
Gemini 3.1 Live accepts conversational text through realtime input and uses
sequential function calling. OpenClaw omits the older `NON_BLOCKING`, function
response scheduling, and affective-dialog fields for this model. Prefer
`thinkingLevel`; configured positive `thinkingBudget` values are mapped to the
nearest supported level, while `-1` leaves Google's default in place. See the
[Gemini Live capability comparison](https://ai.google.dev/gemini-api/docs/live-api/capabilities).
Control UI Talk supports Google Live browser sessions with constrained one-use
tokens. In Video Talk, the browser sends bounded JPEG frames directly to
Google Live at the provider's maximum of one frame per second. The
`describe_view` function reports whether that camera stream is active.
Camera frames do not pass through the Gateway. Backend-only realtime voice
providers can also run through the generic Gateway relay transport, which
keeps provider credentials on the Gateway.
For maintainer live verification, run
`OPENAI_API_KEY=... GEMINI_API_KEY=... node --import tsx scripts/dev/realtime-talk-live-smoke.ts`.
The smoke also covers OpenAI backend/WebRTC paths; the Google leg mints the same
constrained Live API token shape used by Control UI Talk, opens the browser
WebSocket endpoint, sends the initial setup payload plus a JPEG frame, and
verifies a text response and `describe_view` function roundtrip.
The OpenAI path also performs a synthesized PCM24 speech-to-response audio
roundtrip; pass `--openai-audio-cycles 3` for a short repeated lifecycle soak.
## Advanced configuration
For direct Gemini API runs (`api: "google-generative-ai"`), OpenClaw
passes a configured `cachedContent` handle through to Gemini requests.
* Configure per-model or global params with either
`cachedContent` or legacy `cached_content`
* Params from a more specific scope (model-level over global) always win.
Within the same scope, if both keys are set, `cached_content` wins.
Use only one key per scope to avoid surprises.
* Example value: `cachedContents/prebuilt-context`
* Gemini cache-hit usage is normalized into OpenClaw `cacheRead` from
upstream `cachedContentTokenCount`
```json5 theme={"theme":{"light":"min-light","dark":"min-dark"}}
{
agents: {
defaults: {
models: {
"google/gemini-2.5-pro": {
params: {
cachedContent: "cachedContents/prebuilt-context",
},
},
},
},
},
}
```
The optional `google-gemini-cli` runtime uses Gemini CLI `stream-json`
output by default and normalizes usage from the final `stats` payload.
Legacy `--output-format json` overrides still use the JSON parser.
* Streamed reply text comes from assistant `message` events.
* For legacy JSON output, reply text comes from the CLI JSON `response` field.
* Usage falls back to `stats` when the CLI leaves `usage` empty.
* `stats.cached` is normalized into OpenClaw `cacheRead`.
* If `stats.input` is missing, OpenClaw derives input tokens from
`stats.input_tokens - stats.cached`.
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`).
## Related
Choosing providers, model refs, and failover behavior.
Shared image tool parameters and provider selection.
Shared video tool parameters and provider selection.
Shared music tool parameters and provider selection.