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| author | Daniel Lee <[email protected]> | 2025-07-24 10:13:00 -0700 |
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| committer | GitHub <[email protected]> | 2025-07-24 17:13:00 +0000 |
| commit | 3dd6e431df057af47b96990d0c9c6477ccfbe452 (patch) | |
| tree | 8a75c928b0c558d82a5470a504ff57f48002f801 /docs/tools/shell.md | |
| parent | 52980510c92deb4af4c9012ae23bd67f169c1a32 (diff) | |
feat: add GEMINI_CLI environment variable to spawned shell commands (#4791)
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diff --git a/docs/tools/shell.md b/docs/tools/shell.md index 021cede1..3e2a00e4 100644 --- a/docs/tools/shell.md +++ b/docs/tools/shell.md @@ -60,6 +60,10 @@ run_shell_command(command="npm run dev &", description="Start development server - **Error handling:** Check the `Stderr`, `Error`, and `Exit Code` fields to determine if a command executed successfully. - **Background processes:** When a command is run in the background with `&`, the tool will return immediately and the process will continue to run in the background. The `Background PIDs` field will contain the process ID of the background process. +## Environment Variables + +When `run_shell_command` executes a command, it sets the `GEMINI_CLI=1` environment variable in the subprocess's environment. This allows scripts or tools to detect if they are being run from within the Gemini CLI. + ## Command Restrictions You can restrict the commands that can be executed by the `run_shell_command` tool by using the `coreTools` and `excludeTools` settings in your configuration file. |