How to create a Gemini connection for AI generation

Set up a Gemini API connection for AI text generation in Channable, including API key creation and billing.

Use your Gemini connection for AI text generation in Channable. You pay for the tokens used through your Gemini account.

Before you start

You'll need

• Access to an Gemini account

• A Core Pro Channable plan

Good to know

• You may need access permissions if you use a corporate account. Contact your company's IT Support (or the team that owns AI Google Studio API access) to request the key or if you encounter an error when creating a project.

• Google AI Studio is available for all Google accounts without additional actions (except for some ages and corporate or regional restrictions).

• Google Billing works on a post-paid, pay-as-you-go model.

  • Read AI generation usage and costs before generating content at scale.

  • Channable uses Gemini 3.1 Flash-Lite for AI text generation.

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1

Create an API key in Google AI Studio

1. Go to Google AI Studio > API Keys and choose the account from which you can spend tokens. It can be a company’s, agency’s or a personal account.

2. Click Create API Key.

1. Select an existing project or click Create project to make a new project.

2. Click Create key.

3. Click on the key title in the table and copy the API key to your clipboard. Immediately make note of your key and put the information in a safe place, as you will need it in the next step.

Tip: You can also copy it from the list in Dashboard > API Keys later when you need it.

2

Set up billing (if needed)

In API keys, check the Quota tier for the key you created.

• If it's marked as a Free tier, you'll need to set up billing information.

• If you already have another tier for different tools in your organization, continue to the next step.

1. Click Set up billing and follow the instructions. After adding a credit card, make sure the Quota tier column is set to Tier 1 or higher. If so, continue to Step 3.

Tip: New Gemini API users can get a $300 free trial credit for 3 months (as of March 2026).

1. Click Activate bidding.

How do I know how much I'll end up spending?

Spending on AI text generation depends on the amount of input data, prompt length, length of output data and a number of products in the list for generation.

The Estimated generation cost will be indicated in the prompting and finalizing steps of the feature you're using it with.

3

Create a Gemini connection in Channable

1. Go to [your company] > [your project] > Optimize.

2. Click Generate text with AI to start the setup.

3. In the pop-up, select the content you want to create:

   • Text: Select a text content type. Your selection defines the prompt template in the Prompting step.

     • Titles: Generate AI text suggestions to improve product titles.

     • Descriptions: Generate AI text suggestions to improve product descriptions.

     • Free text: Generate AI text suggestions for specific text fields.

     • Question & answer: Create short, bulleted selling points about key benefits and features.

     • Product detail: Create technical specifications and structured key-value attributes. These can include material, dimensions, or battery life.

     • Product highlight: Create frequently asked questions and answers from merchants or customers.

   • Attributes: Attributes don't require an LLM connection.

   
4. Click Continue.

5. In Settings, configure your generator:

   1. At Name, enter a descriptive name. This helps you find the AI-generated content later.

   2. At AI connection, select Gemini > Connect.

6. In the pop-up, complete the connection details:

   1. At Connection type, select Gemini.

   2. At Label, enter a descriptive connection name, such as Gemini connection.

   3. At API key, paste the API key from Step 1.

   4. Click Connect with Gemini.

7. Click Save.

Success

Your Gemini connection is ready to use. Set up AI text generation.

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AI generated text