Use ApparelHub from Gemini
Gemini can drive ApparelHub but the path depends on whether you're using Google AI Studio, the Gemini chat UI, or Vertex AI for production. This page covers what's possible today and what we're still validating.
Two paths, two setups
Google AI Studio and Gemini chat are best paired with our bootstrap prompt. Copy the block between the ===== markers into your system instructions or the conversation, then provide your API key. Gemini calls our Agent API via function calling. If your surface has a network egress allowlist similar to Claude on the web, allow these three hosts:
api.apparelhub.ai
apparelhub-production-user-generated-public-objects.s3.amazonaws.com
apparelhub.ai
The full Claude Web walkthrough at /blog/use-apparelhub-from-claude-web covers the why behind these three domains.
Vertex AI for production deployments uses function-calling tools defined against our OpenAPI spec. Download the spec from apparelhub.ai/developer/api-docs and register it as a Gemini tool. Pass your API key as the x-api-key header through whatever secret manager you're using on Google Cloud.
What we're still validating
We're walking each path end-to-end and will publish a full guide with screenshots, the exact tool registration JSON for Vertex, and the verification steps. The Gemini chat path is the closest to ready; Vertex involves your own GCP setup so the screenshots vary by configuration.
If you've gotten ApparelHub working from Gemini and want to share what worked, open a discussion on the apparelhub-skills repo. We'll fold your steps into the published guide.
A faster path if you also use Claude Code
The Claude Code skill ships packaged helpers and worked examples that take the rough edges off our trickier workflows (transparent background generation, embroidery thread color mapping, mockup job polling). If you have Claude Code installed, you can install the full skill in seconds:
curl -fsSL https://apparelhub.ai/install-skill.sh | bash
The full walkthrough is at apparelhub.ai/agents.
Subscribe for the full guide
We publish the full Gemini walkthrough as soon as we've validated every path end-to-end. The blog index and the RSS feed carry the announcement when it's out.