Why GKE & Gemini CLI are better together

Cloud-native development is constantly evolving, and at Google, we're dedicated to empowering developers and operators with tools that are both powerful and intuitive. 

Today, we're thrilled to dive into how the Gemini CLI and Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) are coming together with the new open-sourcing of the GKE Gemini CLI extension. This extension brings GKE directly into the Gemini CLI ecosystem, and can also be used as an MCP server with any other MCP client. This gives developers several advantages:

• Resources: Seamlessly integrate GKE-specific context directly into your Gemini CLI interactions, enabling less verbose and more natural language prompting.

• Prompts: Provide detailed prompts integrated with Gemini CLI slash commands to easily complete common but complex workflows.

• Powerful tools: Leverage GKE's capabilities through intuitive commands, simplifying complex operations. Integration with companion products like Cloud Observability has been enhanced through the addition of specific context and tooling, ensuring seamless ...