scrollback of terminal session day 1 using gemini-cli and github mcp server

[rlucas7]

Demo time! Our Gemini‑CLI chain reads PRs, github actions, code, calls local parsers, then returns annotated snippets in English, Python, Javascript, Typescript, Rust(not really) & more. All under 2 min live run. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8Ell8wzXQM

[rlucas7]

This is part of the submission for the gemini-cli buildathon today at betaworks. I used the gemini-cli to open an issue and Jerop helped me convert it to a discussion-thanks! (For context it seems the github mcp server doesn't have permissions from my provided token to open a discussion post directly).

This is a video scrollback of the terminal session (only the end of it for brevity) that I used w/the github MCP to review and approve a couple pull requests on a private repo during the building event.

Thanks to Jon & betaworks for hosting the event!

[Manamama]

What does it do? I have watched the whole, very sped up, video and I see nothing apart from the regular screen.

[rlucas7]

This was a request in the form for the days session to post what you did.
Basically it's a traceback of the reviewing and approval of a couple of pull requests from a repository using gemini-cli and github's MCP server.

[Manamama]

I have spent three more queries with Gemini AI (which seemingly ingested that video on my behalf) and I have even more questions:

• who or what is Jerop? (Until now I have thought it is some bespoke tool or framework...)
• If it (Jerop as concept, token, etc.) be a person indeed: why do you think it be material to mention that person?
• Re: some "token hiccups" - why mention also these in the general https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/discussions forum, that is herein?
• What project?

Yes, you may assume all the world knows the answer to all these, but it is not so, for now it reads ignotum per ignotum at least to me and even to Gemini AI...

Ref, Gemini AI, in its third or fourth turn:

I can definitely explain what that means. It's a bit technical, but the core idea is simple.

The author is explaining a problem they ran into while trying to submit their project for a coding event. Here’s a breakdown of each part:

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Part 1: "This is part of the submission for the gemini-cli buildathon today at betaworks."

This means the author is submitting this post as part of a coding competition. A buildathon is an event, similar to a hackathon, where developers compete to build a working project, in this case, a command-line tool for Gemini. The event was hosted by a company called betaworks.

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Part 2: "I used the gemini-cli to open an issue and Jerop helped me convert it to a discussion-thanks!"

This explains how they created the post you're reading.

• The author used their own tool, the gemini-cli, to automatically create a post on GitHub.
• However, the tool created an "issue" instead of a "discussion" post. On GitHub, an issue is typically used to report bugs or track tasks, while a discussion is for general conversation.
• Another person, named Jerop, had to manually help change the post from an issue to a discussion.

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Part 3: "(For context it seems the github mcp server doesn't have permissions from my provided token to open a discussion post directly)."

This is the key to understanding why they had to do that extra step.

• A token is a secure digital key that an application uses to get permission to do things.
• The author's tool was running on a specific event server (the github mcp server).
• The security key (token) they were given for this server only had the permission to create issues, not discussions.
• Therefore, their tool couldn't create the post they wanted directly, which is why they had to have Jerop help them.

In short, the entire quote is just the author explaining a small technical hiccup they had while submitting their project for the competition.

[rlucas7]

I have spent three more queries with Gemini AI (which seemingly ingested that video on my behalf) and I have even more questions:

* who or what is `Jerop`? (Until now I have thought it is some bespoke tool or framework...)

Jerop is one of the people working at google on the gemini-cli, she attended the event.

* If it (`Jerop` as concept, token, etc.) be a person indeed: why do you think it be material to mention that person?

See my reply above.

* Re: some "token hiccups" - why mention also these in the general https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/discussions forum, that is herein?

* What project?

No idea what you're referring to here. The phrase "token hiccups" exists no where in the comments I've written, it does appear in the response you've posted and from the text you've indicated that this phrase came from gemini.