2 files changed, 3 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/ui/hooks/shellCommandProcessor.ts b/packages/cli/src/ui/hooks/shellCommandProcessor.ts
index f1d9af32..5e43712b 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/ui/hooks/shellCommandProcessor.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/ui/hooks/shellCommandProcessor.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import { exec as _exec } from 'child_process';
 import { useCallback } from 'react';
 import { Config } from '@gemini-code/server';
 import { type PartListUnion } from '@google/genai';
-import { getCommandFromQuery } from '../utils/commandUtils.js';
 import { UseHistoryManagerReturn } from './useHistoryManager.js';
 import crypto from 'crypto';
 import path from 'path';
@@ -34,10 +33,6 @@ export const useShellCommandProcessor = (
         return false;
       }
 
-      const [symbol] = getCommandFromQuery(rawQuery);
-      if (symbol !== '!' && symbol !== '$') {
-        return false;
-      }
       let commandToExecute = rawQuery.trim().slice(1).trimStart();
 
       // wrap command to write pwd to temporary file
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/ui/hooks/useGeminiStream.ts b/packages/cli/src/ui/hooks/useGeminiStream.ts
index 29ce313d..19cb244d 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/ui/hooks/useGeminiStream.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/ui/hooks/useGeminiStream.ts
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ export const useGeminiStream = (
   config: Config,
   onDebugMessage: (message: string) => void,
   handleSlashCommand: (cmd: PartListUnion) => boolean,
+  shellModeActive: boolean,
 ) => {
   const toolRegistry = config.getToolRegistry();
   const [initError, setInitError] = useState<string | null>(null);
@@ -120,7 +121,7 @@ export const useGeminiStream = (
       if (handleSlashCommand(trimmedQuery)) {
         return { queryToSend: null, shouldProceed: false };
       }
-      if (handleShellCommand(trimmedQuery)) {
+      if (shellModeActive && handleShellCommand(trimmedQuery)) {
         return { queryToSend: null, shouldProceed: false };
       }
 
@@ -608,6 +609,7 @@ export const useGeminiStream = (
       isResponding,
       setShowHelp,
       handleSlashCommand,
+      shellModeActive,
       handleShellCommand,
       config,
       addItem,