the provider catalog
Google Gemini
The Gemini API: a fast flash tier and long context, with keys managed in Google AI Studio. One provider/model line moves a workflow here or away again: the same file runs on every provider the catalog names, and swapping is a one-word diff. Machines read the catalog; the binary answers nika catalog.
- 2pinned modelsaliases pin exact upstream ids
- cloudfamilybring your own key; it rides an env var and stays yours
- GEMINI_API_KEYthe key rides herean env var, never a config file
- geminiwire dialectthe adapter speaks it
the wire
cloud · bring your own key; it rides an env var and stays yoursA workflow names this provider in the model line (model: gemini/gemini-2.5-flash), and the engine speaks gemini on the wire. The key rides GEMINI_API_KEY in the environment, never a config file, never the workflow. The provider id also answers to google.
- default
gemini-2.5-flash- cheap
gemini-2.0-flash- dialect
gemini- tags
- code-execution · frontier · function-calling · long-context · multimodal · streaming · vision · web-search
the models
2 pinsAliases are what the file may write; the engine pins each one to an exact upstream id, so a run stays reproducible after a vendor rotates names.
flash-25gemini-2.5-flashctx 1.0m · vision · json:schemaflash-20gemini-2.0-flashctx 1.0m · vision
in the released catalog
2 roomsThe wire models this provider serves in the released binary's catalog · each one is a room with its seats, exact prices and measured energy.
- gemini-2.0-flashas flash-20
- gemini-2.5-flashas flash-25
the whole register: /catalog/models · what the released binary knows, vendored at the engine pin.
in a real file
a complete workflow · shown wholenika: v1workflow: id: flash-digest description: "a fast, steady digest — GEMINI_API_KEY in the environment, nothing else"tasks: digest: infer: model: gemini/gemini-2.5-flash max_tokens: 150 temperature: 0.2 prompt: | Digest to three bullets: the run is a DAG, the DAG comes from references, references are checked before anything runs.outputs: bullets: ${{ tasks.digest.output }}check-green against the released engine · 1 task · 1 wave · no closed ceiling: an unpriced model is unpriced, never free · the drift gate re-proves this copy on every test run · open it in the playground →
get set up
keys at aistudio.google.com- 1Create a key in AI Studio (keys are project-scoped).
- 2The key rides the environment, never the file
export GEMINI_API_KEY=…
Pick it for quick digests and long inputs on a generous free tier. Then prove the seat: nika doctor names every provider this binary can reach.
swap it
10 more cloud seatsMoving off Google Gemini is editing one line. The rest of the file (tasks, permits, outputs, the trace) does not change. The register orders the catalog local first; beyond it the engine embeds 21 more OpenAI-compatible endpoints.
cross-references
the words that meet it
from the blog
Try it in the playground, or install and go local first. Read the spec →