Use Gemini in Kilo Code

Steps

1. 1
   Step 1.

   Get an API key from Google AI Studio (https://ai.google.dev/): sign in, click "Create API key", copy it.

2. 2
   Step 2.

   VS Code: Open Settings (gear icon) and go to the Providers tab to add Google Gemini and enter your API key. The extension stores this in your kilo.json config file.

3. 3
   Step 3.

   CLI: set the API key as an environment variable.

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   export GOOGLE_GENERATIVE_AI_API_KEY="your-api-key"

4. 4
   Step 4.

   Or configure it in your config file (~/.config/kilo/kilo.json or ./kilo.json).

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   {
     "provider": {
       "google": {
         "env": ["GOOGLE_GENERATIVE_AI_API_KEY"],
       },
     },
   }

5. 5
   Step 5.

   Then set your default model (Kilo's documented example uses google/gemini-2.5-pro; swap in a current id such as google/gemini-3.8-flash).

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   {
     "model": "google/gemini-2.5-pro",
   }