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{
  "contextFileName": ["AGENTS.md"]
}

---

{
  "context": {
    "fileName": ["AGENTS.md"]
  }
}

---

> /about
│ About Gemini CLI 
│
│ CLI Version                     0.40.0
│ Git Commit                      3d5bdc052
│ Model                           Auto (Gemini 3)
│ Sandbox                         no sandbox
│ OS                              win32
│ Auth Method                     Signed in with Google (wu.junkai2004@gmail.com)
│ Tier                            Gemini Code Assist in Google One AI Pro
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What happened?

contextFileName in settings.json does not work.

I was use:

{
  "contextFileName": ["AGENTS.md"]
}

but it does not work.

I have to use:

{
  "context": {
    "fileName": ["AGENTS.md"]
  }
}

so the AGENTS.md can be load like GENIMI.md, but if I use /memory show to see system prompts, find it miss the content of global GENINI.md.

What did you expect to happen?

The AGENTS.md can be loaded as a common GEMINI.md

Client information

<details> <summary>Client Information</summary>

Run gemini to enter the interactive CLI, then run the /about command.

> /about
│ About Gemini CLI 
│
│ CLI Version                     0.40.0
│ Git Commit                      3d5bdc052
│ Model                           Auto (Gemini 3)
│ Sandbox                         no sandbox
│ OS                              win32
│ Auth Method                     Signed in with Google ([email protected])
│ Tier                            Gemini Code Assist in Google One AI Pro
</details>

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