Post to Twitch from Gemini CLI

Gemini CLI drafts it. You approve it. PostDelegate posts it.Twitch: Chat messages and announcements in your channel.

How to post to Twitch from Gemini CLI

Add PostDelegate to Gemini CLI. Add the server to ~/.gemini/settings.json as below. Sign in with PostDelegate when Gemini CLI prompts you.
~/.gemini/settings.json
```
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "postdelegate": {
      "url": "https://app.postdelegate.com/mcp-oauth-dynamic"
    }
  }
}
```
Connect Twitch in PostDelegate. On the calendar page choose Add Channel, then Twitch. Sign in with Twitch and approve the permissions. PostDelegate asks to read and write chat messages and to manage announcements in your chat.
Ask Gemini CLI for a draft. Describe the post in plain words. Gemini CLI checks your Twitch channel's rules, creates the post and sends back a preview link.

Teach Gemini CLI the posting rules

Save PostDelegate’s AGENTS.md in your repository and point to it from your GEMINI.md, so Gemini CLI follows the posting rules there. Agent files has the steps.

What to ask Gemini CLI

Mention any Twitch setting in plain words and Gemini CLI fills it in. Gemini CLI can also read text files in your project, such as a changelog or a draft in Markdown.

Schedule a Twitch announcement in purple for Friday at 19:55: “Stream starts in five minutes.”
Draft three chat messages for tonight’s stream, each under 500 characters, one every half hour from 20:00.
Turn the schedule in stream-plan.md into chat announcements for this week, as drafts.

What Gemini CLI can do on your Twitch channel

Check the rules first. Before writing, it reads your Twitch channel's length limit (500 characters) and required settings.
Draft, schedule or post. It creates a draft, a scheduled post or an immediate post, and runs the same checks as the app.
Use your media. It attaches files from your media library or adds one from a public link.
Review and fix. It lists what is scheduled, changes the Twitch settings of a post that has not gone out, and deletes posts you no longer want.

Twitch is a live-streaming platform, and a scheduled message is a way to put a reminder, a schedule or a link in chat at a set time. Each post is sent to your channel's chat from your own Twitch account, up to 500 characters of text.

Twitch settings Gemini CLI can fill in

Setting	Notes
Message Type	Chat Message (the default) or Announcement. An announcement is highlighted in chat.
Announcement Color	Shown for announcements. Primary (the default), Blue, Green, Orange or Purple.

Before you start

Messages are text only. Images and video are not sent.
If Twitch stops accepting the saved sign-in, the channel asks you to reconnect and scheduled messages will not send until you do.

The Twitch channel guide has every field, and MCP tools lists exactly what an assistant can and cannot do.

Questions

Will Gemini CLI publish to Twitch without asking me?

Not unless you ask it to. Ask for a draft and the post waits on your calendar until you schedule it, and your workspace's approvals apply as usual. Tools that change data are marked as such, so Gemini CLI can ask you before it schedules or deletes anything.

Do I need an API key to connect Gemini CLI?

No. Gemini CLI signs in with your PostDelegate account through your browser. An API key is only for clients that cannot sign in, as described in MCP clients.

Does it cost extra to use Gemini CLI with PostDelegate?

No. The MCP server is on every plan, and Gemini CLI runs on your own Gemini CLI account, so PostDelegate never charges for AI. Every plan starts with a 7-day free trial with no card.

Can Gemini CLI attach images or video to a Twitch post?

It can use files already in your media library, or add one from a public link. It cannot fetch files from your computer, so upload those in the app first. See MCP tools.

Can I schedule Twitch announcements as well as chat messages?

Yes. Set Message Type to Announcement and choose a colour: Primary, Blue, Green, Orange or Purple. Announcements are highlighted in chat.

Does the message come from my own Twitch account?

Yes. Each post is sent to your channel's chat from your own Twitch account, as text of up to 500 characters.

Twitch from other assistants

Other networks from Gemini CLI

Prefer to plan Twitch posts yourself? See the Twitch scheduler.