| name | gemini-runtime |
| description | Gemini CLI runtime/session control: use Gemini CLI slash commands and CLI flags to manage sessions, models, and restarts in a worker terminal. Trigger when the controller needs to operate the Gemini CLI like a human. |
Gemini Runtime
Overview
Operate the Gemini CLI safely: manage session state, model selection, and restarts from a worker terminal.
Session Safety
- Confirm idle state
- Snapshot and/or
status the worker; do not intervene mid-run.
- Only proceed when the worker is at a prompt or explicitly idle.
- Prefer in-session resets
- Use
/clear to reset the current conversation.
- Use
/rewind to go back to a previous step.
- Use
/stats or /context to confirm state.
- Full reset (only between tasks)
- Use
/quit (or /exit) to leave the CLI.
- Relaunch with appropriate flags when a fresh context is needed.
Core Slash Commands (Gemini CLI)
Use /help to see the full list. Common commands:
/model select a model./resume resume a saved session./restore restore a previous state./chat manage chat sessions./clear reset the current conversation./context show current context./stats show session stats./settings open settings./privacy view privacy info./policies view policies./bug file a bug./vim toggle vim mode./rewind step backward in the session./quit or /exit exit the CLI.
Resume / Continue (Shell)
gemini --resume <SESSION_ID> or gemini -r <SESSION_ID> resume a session.gemini --list-sessions list available sessions.gemini --delete-session <SESSION_ID> delete a session by index.
Guardrails
- Do not restart mid-run.
- Prefer
/clear or /rewind over full restarts when possible.
- Use
/stats or /context after model changes to confirm state.
- If the worker is not Gemini CLI, switch to the model-specific runtime skill instead.
