"Last week, Google announced Jules Tools, a command-line companion for Google's GitHub-centric coding agent. Wait, what? Doesn't Google already have a command-line AI coding tool? No, wait. It already has two command-line AI coding tools. Jules Tools makes for three. Why, Google? Why must you hurt our brains so? Before I continue my tirade against Google's apparent lack of product management, I will tell you that Jules Tools' capability is cool."
"In July, Google announced Gemini CLI, which is exactly what it sounds like: Gemini, available from a terminal window. This allows for scripting, quick interactions, and all the other terminal-based activities we coders love so much. Then, in August, Google announced a mouthful called Gemini CLI GitHub Actions. This provides some agentic features for managing GitHub issues. Also: Google's Jules AI coding tool exits beta with serious upgrades - and more free tasks Now, Jules Tools essentially enables Jules in the terminal as well."
Google offers three separate command-line AI tools: Gemini CLI, Gemini CLI GitHub Actions, and Jules Tools. Gemini CLI provides terminal access to Gemini LLMs for scripting, quick interactions, extensions, and configuration parsing. Gemini CLI GitHub Actions adds agentic capabilities for managing GitHub issues and automating repository workflows. Jules Tools brings the Jules agent into the terminal and integrates with GitHub-centric developer workflows, enabling agentic coding from the command line. The tooling overlap reflects functional differentiation but causes naming and product fragmentation that complicates selection. The CLI implementations include open-source components and aim to support coding workflows, automation, and agentic task execution.
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