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Building with Google Gemini

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Get Your Gemini API Key

Access Google AI Studio

Google makes it easy to get started!

**Steps:** 1. Go to [aistudio.google.com](https://aistudio.google.com) 2. Sign in with your Google account 3. Click "Get API Key" 4. Create a key for a new or existing project 5. Copy your key

**Pricing:** - **Free tier:** 15 requests/minute, 1M tokens/month FREE - Gemini 1.5 Flash: Very affordable - Gemini 1.5 Pro: More capable, still reasonable

**The free tier is generous!** Perfect for learning and small projects.

**Save your key:** ```bash GOOGLE_API_KEY=AIzaSyxxxxx ```