gemini-cli - 💡(How to fix) Fix [Bug] Agent does not recognize OS environment it runs in resulting in continous terminal tool usage errors [1 participants]

Basic requirement for any coding agent is to be aware of OS environment and tooling available, otherwise any development work starts to look like toddler trial and error learning attempt with obvious loss of productivity.

TL;DR

The agent's lack of OS environment awareness and ignoring user requests may be due to a compatibility issue or misconfiguration, and verifying the gemini.md file settings and checking for updates to the CLI version 0.39.0 may help.

Guidance

• Review the gemini.md files (both global and local) to ensure that the tool usage and workflow organization settings are correctly specified for a Windows environment.
• Check if there are any updates available for the CLI version 0.39.0, as this may address the compatibility issues with Windows.
• Verify that the agent is correctly parsing the gemini.md files by checking the agent's documentation or logs for any error messages related to file parsing.
• Consider referencing the related bug report (https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/issues/25892) for potential workarounds or fixes.

Notes

The issue may be specific to the Windows environment or the gemini-3.1-pro-preview model version, and further investigation may be needed to determine the root cause.

Recommendation

Apply workaround: Review and update the gemini.md files, and check for updates to the CLI version, as this may help mitigate the issue until a permanent fix is available.