Nano Banana 2 From Your Terminal

A text prompt → a generated image, the cheapest/fastest way, straight from your shell.

Category: visual · Difficulty: Beginner · ~Time: 1 min

What you'll make

A single, high-quality image generated in one command. Nano Banana 2 is Google's fast, low-cost image model on Atlas Cloud — a great default when you want a solid render in seconds without fiddling with parameters. Ideal for quick drafts, batch ideation, and scripting image generation into your own tools.

Models used

🎨 Image — Nano Banana 2 (resolve live; e.g. google/nano-banana-2/text-to-image)
🎨 Edit variant — Nano Banana 2 Edit (resolve live; e.g. google/nano-banana-2/edit)

Steps

One-liner via the Atlas Cloud CLI — the fastest path; submit and poll in one go: bash atlas generate image google/nano-banana-2/text-to-image -p "your prompt here"
Or via the Skill — ask your agent: "Generate an image with Nano Banana 2: <your prompt>" → maps to atlas_quick_generate with model_keyword="nano banana 2", type="Image", or to atlas_generate_image with the resolved model ID.

Tip: ask the agent to atlas_search_docs for "nano banana 2" first so it pulls the live model ID and schema (size / aspect field names change). Set ATLASCLOUD_API_KEY in your shell before running the CLI.

Prompt starters

atlas generate image google/nano-banana-2/text-to-image \
  -p "A cozy reading nook by a rainy window, warm lamp light, a cat curled on a
      knit blanket, steam rising from a mug, soft bokeh, cinematic, photoreal, 3:4"

atlas generate image google/nano-banana-2/text-to-image \
  -p "Isometric 3D illustration of a tiny floating island with a waterfall and a
      windmill, pastel palette, clean studio lighting, game-art style, transparent
      background feel, 1:1"

Tips & variations

Why Nano Banana 2: it's the cheap/fast tier — perfect for iterating on many prompt ideas before committing to a pricier, higher-fidelity render. Step up to Nano Banana Pro when you need maximum detail or stronger text rendering.
Editing instead of generating? Use the Nano Banana 2 Edit model and pass your source image (upload a local file first via atlas_upload_media to get a URL).
Scripting a batch? Loop the CLI over a list of prompts and collect the output URLs.