Gemini CLI Tool Mapping

Skills speak in actions ("dispatch a subagent", "create a todo", "read a file"). On Gemini CLI these resolve to the tools below.

Action skills request	Gemini CLI equivalent
Read a file	`read_file`
Read multiple files at once	`read_many_files`
Create a new file	`write_file`
Edit a file	`replace`
Run a shell command	`run_shell_command`
Search file contents	`grep_search`
Find files by name	`glob`
List files and subdirectories	`list_directory`
Fetch a URL	`web_fetch`
Search the web	`google_web_search`
Invoke a skill	`activate_skill`
Dispatch a subagent (`Subagent (general-purpose):` template)	`invoke_agent` with `agent_name: "generalist"` (invocable via `@generalist` chat syntax — see Subagent support)
Multiple parallel dispatches	Multiple `invoke_agent` calls in the same response
Task tracking ("create a todo", "mark complete")	`write_todos` (statuses: pending, in_progress, completed, cancelled, blocked)