Real-world things Gemini can do

4 public accounts of people having Gemini do real-world jobs: 1 calls & messaging, 1 mail & print, 2 robots & drones. Each one links to the original post and says how to do it today.

The agent is named as the source wrote it. Some entries name more than one agent.

Calls & messaging (1)

• Have Google call nearby stores to check stock and price

  Google added a 'Let Google Call' option to shopping searches: you answer a few questions about the item, and its AI phones nearby stores to ask whether they carry it, what it costs and whether there is a deal.

  Calls & messagingGeminiNov 13, 2025 · News

Mail & print (1)

• Let Google check out for you when a price drops

  Alongside store calling, Google added agentic checkout to Search shopping so its AI can complete a purchase with the user's saved payment details.

  Mail & printGeminiSpent moneyNov 13, 2025 · News

Robots & drones (2)

• Fly an internet-connected drone from Claude, ChatGPT or Gemini

  Researchers built an MCP server that exposes MAVLink so any MCP-capable model can command a drone, and showed it controlling a real internet-connected drone as well as simulated missions.

  Robots & dronesClaude, ChatGPT, GeminiJanuary 2026 · News
• Test an LLM-controlled robot on fetching butter around the office

  Andon Labs put LLMs in charge of an office robot and timed household delivery tasks. The best model completed 40% against 95% for humans.

  Robots & dronesClaude, GeminiSource: the vendorOct 28, 2025 · Blog post

Add Real World MCP to Gemini (app and CLI)

Gemini app

1. On your computer, go to gemini.google.com.
2. Click Settings, then Connected Apps. If you don't see it, click Personal Intelligence first.
3. Under Custom apps, paste the URL below into Add a custom app link to get started (or click Add a custom app).
4. Click Next and follow the on-screen steps.

https://www.realworldmcp.com/api/mcp

Google limits custom apps to people 18 or over in the US, signed in with a personal Google Account, with Keep Activity on. You add them on the web; they then work in the mobile app too.

Gemini CLI

Run this once, or add the server to ~/.gemini/settings.json:

gemini mcp add --transport http --scope user realworldmcp https://www.realworldmcp.com/api/mcp

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "realworldmcp": {
      "httpUrl": "https://www.realworldmcp.com/api/mcp"
    }
  }
}

Sources: Gemini Apps Help ↗ · Gemini CLI MCP docs ↗. Other clients: all setup steps.

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