#Gemini CLI
17 articles
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This week in Claude Code, Codex and Gemini CLI (week of October 25, 2026)
Claude Code 2.1.309 lands a cluster of sandbox and permission-check bypass fixes, and Codex 0.164.0 adds /presets and credential masking. The ten changes from this week.
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Gemini CLI v0.65 enforces read-only settings in untrusted folders and adds OTLP headers
Only one of the 27 entries in v0.65.0 is a feature, custom OTLP headers. The rest covers untrusted folder settings, eager reads for @ references, and session resume fixes.
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Gemini CLI v0.64 fixes the CPU hang on @ inside code and headless folder trust
v0.64.0 ships no new features. It fixes a hang where piping @scope/pkg into -p pinned the CPU at 100%, and a headless mode that treated untrusted folders as trusted.
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Installing Gemini CLI and writing GEMINI.md: getting started with a free Google account
Install Google's Gemini CLI, sign in with a Google account or API key, run your first task, and learn where GEMINI.md lives, how it is loaded, and how to check it with /memory.
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This week in Claude Code, Codex and Gemini CLI (week of October 18, 2026)
Claude Code now compacts idle conversations on its own, and Codex turned Daybreak back on by default. Plus the environment variables added in 2.1.299 to 2.1.302.
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This week in Claude Code, Codex and Gemini CLI (week of October 11, 2026)
Claude Haiku 5.5 becomes the default Haiku on the API and Codex switches to GPT-6.1 Sol. Plus the permission-bypass fixes in Claude Code 2.1.289 to 2.1.296.
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Make a coding agent write the failing test before the implementation
The four-step test-first workflow for Claude Code, Codex and Gemini CLI, the prompts for each step, what to put in your context file, and a hook that blocks edits to test files.
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Gemini CLI v0.63 fixes the cannot spawn diff error and negative output truncation
Every one of the 15 changes in Gemini CLI v0.63.0 is a fix. The removed Git diff.external override, truncation that inflated output at negative maxChars, and the MCP config fix.
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This week in Claude Code, Codex and Gemini CLI (week of October 4, 2026)
Claude Sonnet 5.5 becomes the default Sonnet model. What changed in Claude Code 2.1.284 to 2.1.288, including Claude Mods and WebFetch control, plus Codex and Gemini CLI.
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Gemini CLI v0.62: gemini-3.8-flash and gemini-3.5-flash-lite added
What v0.62.0 changes: two new models (gemini-3.8-flash, gemini-3.5-flash-lite), picking one with model.name in settings.json, the OAuth refresh token fix, and the Windows fixes.
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This week in Claude Code, Codex and Gemini CLI (week of September 27, 2026)
Claude Opus 5.5 is the new default Opus model. What changed in Claude Code 2.1.278 to 2.1.283, Codex 0.156.1 and 0.157.0, and Gemini CLI 0.61.0.
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This week in Claude Code, Codex and Gemini CLI (week of September 20, 2026)
Claude Code now reads AGENTS.md directly. What changed across 2.1.270 to 2.1.277, Codex 0.155.0 and 0.155.1, Gemini CLI 0.60.0, and the deny-rule fix that got reverted.
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This week in Claude Code, Codex and Gemini CLI (week of September 13, 2026)
Claude Code 2.1.268 and 2.1.269, Codex CLI 0.154.0 and Gemini CLI 0.59.0: deny-rule bypasses fixed, secrets leaking from MCP config output, and one breaking change in Codex.
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Gemini CLI vs Claude Code: free tier, context, configuration and permissions
Gemini CLI and Claude Code compared on the parts that change slowly: the free tier, context handling, context files, permission control, extensibility and licensing.
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Stop AI coding tools from reading your API keys and secrets: settings for Claude Code, Codex and Gemini CLI
Settings that keep .env files and credentials away from Claude Code, Codex and Gemini CLI, what to do after a leak, and how to keep secrets out of the repository altogether.
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Add an MCP server to Gemini CLI: mcpServers in settings.json
Connecting MCP servers to Gemini CLI: the mcpServers block in settings.json, user versus project scope, passing tokens through the environment, and the trust key.
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Gemini CLI free tier: request limits, models, and what happens to your code
The Gemini CLI free tier on a personal Google account: per-minute and per-day request limits, what happens at the limit, how your input is handled, and when to move to an API key.