| Vim Mode | `general.vimMode` | Enable Vim keybindings | `false` |
| Default Approval Mode | `general.defaultApprovalMode` | The default approval mode for tool execution. 'default' prompts for approval, 'auto_edit' auto-approves edit tools, and 'plan' is read-only mode. 'yolo' is not supported yet. | `"default"` |
| Auto Theme Switching | `ui.autoThemeSwitching` | Automatically switch between default light and dark themes based on terminal background color. | `true` |
| Terminal Background Polling Interval | `ui.terminalBackgroundPollingInterval` | Interval in seconds to poll the terminal background color. | `60` |
| Hide Window Title | `ui.hideWindowTitle` | Hide the window title bar | `false` |
| Show Thoughts in Title | `ui.showStatusInTitle` | Show Gemini CLI model thoughts in the terminal window title during the working phase | `false` |
| Dynamic Window Title | `ui.dynamicWindowTitle` | Update the terminal window title with current status icons (Ready: ◇, Action Required: ✋, Working: ✦) | `true` |
| Show Home Directory Warning | `ui.showHomeDirectoryWarning` | Show a warning when running Gemini CLI in the home directory. | `true` |
| Hide Tips | `ui.hideTips` | Hide helpful tips in the UI | `false` |
| Hide Footer | `ui.hideFooter` | Hide the footer from the UI | `false` |
| Show Memory Usage | `ui.showMemoryUsage` | Display memory usage information in the UI | `false` |
| Show Line Numbers | `ui.showLineNumbers` | Show line numbers in the chat. | `true` |
| Show Citations | `ui.showCitations` | Show citations for generated text in the chat. | `false` |
| Show Model Info In Chat | `ui.showModelInfoInChat` | Show the model name in the chat for each model turn. | `false` |
| Show User Identity | `ui.showUserIdentity` | Show the logged-in user's identity (e.g. email) in the UI. | `true` |
| Use Alternate Screen Buffer | `ui.useAlternateBuffer` | Use an alternate screen buffer for the UI, preserving shell history. | `false` |
| Use Background Color | `ui.useBackgroundColor` | Whether to use background colors in the UI. | `true` |
| Incremental Rendering | `ui.incrementalRendering` | Enable incremental rendering for the UI. This option will reduce flickering but may cause rendering artifacts. Only supported when useAlternateBuffer is enabled. | `true` |
| Show Spinner | `ui.showSpinner` | Show the spinner during operations. | `true` |
| Compression Threshold | `model.compressionThreshold` | The fraction of context usage at which to trigger context compression (e.g. 0.2, 0.3). | `0.5` |
| Memory Discovery Max Dirs | `context.discoveryMaxDirs` | Maximum number of directories to search for memory. | `200` |
| Load Memory From Include Directories | `context.loadMemoryFromIncludeDirectories` | Controls how /memory refresh loads GEMINI.md files. When true, include directories are scanned; when false, only the current directory is used. | `false` |
| Enable Recursive File Search | `context.fileFiltering.enableRecursiveFileSearch` | Enable recursive file search functionality when completing @ references in the prompt. | `true` |
| Enable Fuzzy Search | `context.fileFiltering.enableFuzzySearch` | Enable fuzzy search when searching for files. | `true` |
| Custom Ignore File Paths | `context.fileFiltering.customIgnoreFilePaths` | Additional ignore file paths to respect. These files take precedence over .geminiignore and .gitignore. Files earlier in the array take precedence over files later in the array, e.g. the first file takes precedence over the second one. | `[]` |
| Enable Interactive Shell | `tools.shell.enableInteractiveShell` | Use node-pty for an interactive shell experience. Fallback to child_process still applies. | `true` |
| Show Color | `tools.shell.showColor` | Show color in shell output. | `false` |
| Use Ripgrep | `tools.useRipgrep` | Use ripgrep for file content search instead of the fallback implementation. Provides faster search performance. | `true` |
| Tool Output Truncation Threshold | `tools.truncateToolOutputThreshold` | Maximum characters to show when truncating large tool outputs. Set to 0 or negative to disable truncation. | `40000` |
| Disable LLM Correction | `tools.disableLLMCorrection` | Disable LLM-based error correction for edit tools. When enabled, tools will fail immediately if exact string matches are not found, instead of attempting to self-correct. | `true` |
| Disable YOLO Mode | `security.disableYoloMode` | Disable YOLO mode, even if enabled by a flag. | `false` |
| Allow Permanent Tool Approval | `security.enablePermanentToolApproval` | Enable the "Allow for all future sessions" option in tool confirmation dialogs. | `false` |
| Blocks extensions from Git | `security.blockGitExtensions` | Blocks installing and loading extensions from Git. | `false` |
| Extension Source Regex Allowlist | `security.allowedExtensions` | List of Regex patterns for allowed extensions. If nonempty, only extensions that match the patterns in this list are allowed. Overrides the blockGitExtensions setting. | `[]` |
