Banana Claude is a free, open-source plugin for Claude Code by Agrici Daniel. It connects Claude Code to Google's Gemini image models so you can create and edit images without leaving your terminal.

The interesting part is how it handles the gap between "I want an image" and "Gemini, here's my API call." Instead of firing off your one-line description and hoping it works, Banana Claude plans the image first. It writes a full creative brief, shows you the prompt it intends to send, tells you which model it picked and what it will cost, and waits. Nothing goes to Google until you say yes.

Why it's worth installing

I went through the project repository and three things stood out:

You approve every request before it costs anything. The planning step runs locally. No prompt is sent to Gemini, and nothing is billed, until you review the plan and confirm ( README.md ).

It installs clean. The whole thing runs on standard Python with no extra packages.…