gemini-cli - 💡(How to fix) Fix Improve shell guidance for Windows hosts [1 pull requests]

StepCodex · 2026-06-09T08:00:14Z

[gemini-cli] The system prompt shell-efficiency guidance should be platform-aware so agents avoid recommending Unix-centric commands on Windows hosts. For larg… The system prompt shell-efficiency guidance should be platform-aware so agents avoid recommending Unix-centric commands on Windows hosts. For large output inspection on Windows, the guidance should prefer targeted commands such as `findstr`, `Get-Content -Tail`, and `Select-String` rather than full-output dumps. ## Fixed - Fixed by PR: fix(core): add platform-aware shell guidance (https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/27603) ### Description The system prompt shell-efficiency guidance should be platform-aware so agents avoid recommending Unix-centric commands on Windows hosts. For large output inspection on Windows, the guidance should prefer targeted commands such as `findstr`, `Get-Content -Tail`, and `Select-String` rather than full-output dumps. ### Related PR - #27603

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The system prompt shell-efficiency guidance should be platform-aware so agents avoid recommending Unix-centric commands on Windows hosts. For large output inspection on Windows, the guidance should prefer targeted commands such as findstr, Get-Content -Tail, and Select-String rather than full-output dumps.

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Fixed by PR: fix(core): add platform-aware shell guidance (https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli/pull/27603)

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