Google Jules via API
Google Jules now support triggering the triggering the background/cloud agent via API.
With that, we can automate lot of things. And unlike Cursor or other apps, you can use Google Jules for free.
It is powered by Gemini 2.5 Pro
How to get started?
Head over to setting page and create a API key
Make sure that you’ve connected to your GitHub and given access to the needed repos.
List connected repos/sources
You can find the connected repos using this API.
curl 'https://jules.googleapis.com/v1alpha/sources' \
-H 'X-Goog-Api-Key: $YOUR_API_KEY'
And that will give us connected sources
{
"sources": [
{
"name": "sources/github/AshikNesin/404less",
"githubRepo": {
"owner": "AshikNesin",
"repo": "404less",
"isPrivate": true,
"defaultBranch": {
"displayName": "develop"
},
"branches": [
{
"displayName": "main"
},
{
"displayName": "develop"
}
]
},
"id": "github/AshikNesin/404less"
}
]
}
Note: This API has pagination so make sure to handle it.
Triggering a task
With the help of new session, you can trigger a task/job for the background agent to work on 🤖
curl 'https://jules.googleapis.com/v1alpha/sessions' \
-X POST \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H 'X-Goog-Api-Key: $YOUR_API_KEY' \
-d '{
"prompt": "Rename frontend directory to website",
"sourceContext": {
"source": "sources/github/AshikNesin/404less",
"githubRepoContext": {
"startingBranch": "develp"
}
},
"automationMode": "AUTO_CREATE_PR",
"title": "404less website"
}'
You’ll be getting a response like this
{
"name": "sessions/11459899729363870000",
"title": "404less website",
"sourceContext": {
"source": "sources/github/AshikNesin/404less",
"githubRepoContext": {
"startingBranch": "develop"
}
},
"prompt": "Rename frontend directory to website",
"url": "https://jules.google.com/session/11459899729363870000",
"id": "11459899729363870000",
"automationMode": "AUTO_CREATE_PR"
}
You can now view the progress in the dashboard
Reference
Happy async coding!
