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Overview

Google Generative AI provides access to Google’s powerful Gemini family of models through the Google AI Studio API. These models offer advanced language understanding, multi-modal capabilities, and high-quality text generation.

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Configuration

To use Google Generative AI, configure it in the Plugin settings page under the AI Gateway section:
FieldDescriptionExample
API KeyYour Google API keyyour-google-api-key
Base URLOptional, to point at a gatewayhttps://ai-gateway.example.com/google
HeadersOptional, e.g. for authentication with gatewayKey: X-Custom-Header
Value: custom-value
Then set the default language model (or configure it per-plugin): 
Language Model: google|gemini-2.5-flash

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Supported Models

Language Models:
  • gemini-2.5-pro
  • gemini-2.5-flash (recommended)
  • gemini-2.5-flash-lite
  • gemini-2.0-flash
  • gemini-1.5-pro
  • gemini-1.5-flash
  • gemini-1.5-flash-8b
  • gemma-3-27b-it
Embedding Models:
  • gemini-embedding-001
  • text-embedding-004
A full list of available models can be found in the Google Generative AI documentation.

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Getting an API Key

To obtain a Google Generative AI API key:
  1. Visit Google AI Studio
  2. Sign in with your Google account
  3. Click on “Get API Key” in the left sidebar
  4. Create a new API key or use an existing one
  5. Copy the API key and add it to your configuration

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Notes

  • Google Generative AI does not currently support re-ranking models