2 files changed, 7 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/ui/hooks/slashCommandProcessor.ts b/packages/cli/src/ui/hooks/slashCommandProcessor.ts
index 5e10a245..33b59b68 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/ui/hooks/slashCommandProcessor.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/ui/hooks/slashCommandProcessor.ts
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ const addHistoryItem = (
 export const useSlashCommandProcessor = (
   setHistory: React.Dispatch<React.SetStateAction<HistoryItem[]>>,
   refreshStatic: () => void,
+  setShowHelp: React.Dispatch<React.SetStateAction<boolean>>,
   setDebugMessage: React.Dispatch<React.SetStateAction<string>>,
   getNextMessageId: (baseTimestamp: number) => number,
   openThemeDialog: () => void,
@@ -38,15 +39,8 @@ export const useSlashCommandProcessor = (
       name: 'help',
       description: 'for help on gemini-code',
       action: (_value: PartListUnion) => {
-        const helpText =
-          'I am an interactive CLI tool assistant designed to ' +
-          'help with software engineering tasks. I can use tools to read ' +
-          'and write files, search code, execute bash commands, and more ' +
-          'to assist with development workflows. I will explain commands ' +
-          'and ask for permission before running them and will not ' +
-          'commit changes unless explicitly instructed.';
-        const timestamp = getNextMessageId(Date.now());
-        addHistoryItem(setHistory, { type: 'info', text: helpText }, timestamp);
+        setDebugMessage('Opening help.');
+        setShowHelp(true);
       },
     },
     {
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/ui/hooks/useGeminiStream.ts b/packages/cli/src/ui/hooks/useGeminiStream.ts
index 2931bbc3..1761563b 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/ui/hooks/useGeminiStream.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/ui/hooks/useGeminiStream.ts
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ const addHistoryItem = (
 export const useGeminiStream = (
   setHistory: React.Dispatch<React.SetStateAction<HistoryItem[]>>,
   refreshStatic: () => void,
+  setShowHelp: React.Dispatch<React.SetStateAction<boolean>>,
   config: Config,
   openThemeDialog: () => void,
 ) => {
@@ -74,6 +75,7 @@ export const useGeminiStream = (
   const { handleSlashCommand, slashCommands } = useSlashCommandProcessor(
     setHistory,
     refreshStatic,
+    setShowHelp,
     setDebugMessage,
     getNextMessageId,
     openThemeDialog,
@@ -154,6 +156,8 @@ export const useGeminiStream = (
       messageIdCounterRef.current = 0; // Reset counter for this new submission
       let queryToSendToGemini: PartListUnion | null = null;
 
+      setShowHelp(false);
+
       if (typeof query === 'string') {
         const trimmedQuery = query.trim();
         setDebugMessage(`User query: '${trimmedQuery}'`);