Big news for devs in the AI trenches: Google’s Gemini just got a productivity boost—and it’s aimed straight at your GitHub repo.
If you’re paying for Gemini Advanced (the $20/month plan), you can now hook the chatbot directly into your public or private GitHub codebase. That means you can feed Gemini your actual code and get help with things like debugging, generating functions, or just figuring out what that tangled mess of legacy logic is really doing.
The setup’s simple: tap the “+” button in Gemini’s prompt bar, click “Import code,” paste in your GitHub URL, and you’re off to the races.
But before you throw your whole repo at the bot, here’s a reality check: AI coding assistants are still far from perfect. Even the best ones—Gemini included—aren’t immune to logic gaps, errors, or security vulnerabilities. One recent eval of Devin (you know, that coding AI making waves) showed it could only solve 3 out of 20 programming challenges. So yeah, it’s helpful, but not your dev team replacement.
This GitHub integration isn’t happening in a vacuum, either. It comes hot on the heels of OpenAI rolling out GitHub support for ChatGPT’s deep research mode, alongside new Microsoft OneDrive and SharePoint connectors. Basically, everyone’s racing to be your all-in-one workspace assistant, whether you’re coding, writing, or researching.
The competition’s heating up, but for now, if you live on GitHub and want Gemini whispering in your IDE, this might be the upgrade that earns its $20 price tag.
