From 3406dc5b2eb05f9f24dc8be75df7107d158d852a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: kevinjwang1 <kevinjwang@google.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2025 19:22:26 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Add consent flag to Link command (#13832)

---
 .../cli/src/commands/extensions/link.test.ts  |  8 +++++++
 packages/cli/src/commands/extensions/link.ts  | 22 +++++++++++++++++--
 2 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/extensions/link.test.ts b/packages/cli/src/commands/extensions/link.test.ts
index 252d704d53..631aee629b 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/extensions/link.test.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/extensions/link.test.ts
@@ -138,6 +138,7 @@ describe('extensions link command', () => {
     describe('builder', () => {
       interface MockYargs {
         positional: Mock;
+        option: Mock;
         check: Mock;
       }
 
@@ -145,6 +146,7 @@ describe('extensions link command', () => {
       beforeEach(() => {
         yargsMock = {
           positional: vi.fn().mockReturnThis(),
+          option: vi.fn().mockReturnThis(),
           check: vi.fn().mockReturnThis(),
         };
       });
@@ -157,6 +159,12 @@ describe('extensions link command', () => {
           describe: 'The name of the extension to link.',
           type: 'string',
         });
+        expect(yargsMock.option).toHaveBeenCalledWith('consent', {
+          describe:
+            'Acknowledge the security risks of installing an extension and skip the confirmation prompt.',
+          type: 'boolean',
+          default: false,
+        });
         expect(yargsMock.check).toHaveBeenCalled();
       });
     });
diff --git a/packages/cli/src/commands/extensions/link.ts b/packages/cli/src/commands/extensions/link.ts
index 845475e551..62bb9dc5a6 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/commands/extensions/link.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/commands/extensions/link.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,10 @@ import {
 } from '@google/gemini-cli-core';
 
 import { getErrorMessage } from '../../utils/errors.js';
-import { requestConsentNonInteractive } from '../../config/extensions/consent.js';
+import {
+  INSTALL_WARNING_MESSAGE,
+  requestConsentNonInteractive,
+} from '../../config/extensions/consent.js';
 import { ExtensionManager } from '../../config/extension-manager.js';
 import { loadSettings } from '../../config/settings.js';
 import { promptForSetting } from '../../config/extensions/extensionSettings.js';
@@ -19,6 +22,7 @@ import { exitCli } from '../utils.js';
 
 interface InstallArgs {
   path: string;
+  consent?: boolean;
 }
 
 export async function handleLink(args: InstallArgs) {
@@ -27,10 +31,17 @@ export async function handleLink(args: InstallArgs) {
       source: args.path,
       type: 'link',
     };
+    const requestConsent = args.consent
+      ? () => Promise.resolve(true)
+      : requestConsentNonInteractive;
+    if (args.consent) {
+      debugLogger.log('You have consented to the following:');
+      debugLogger.log(INSTALL_WARNING_MESSAGE);
+    }
     const workspaceDir = process.cwd();
     const extensionManager = new ExtensionManager({
       workspaceDir,
-      requestConsent: requestConsentNonInteractive,
+      requestConsent,
       requestSetting: promptForSetting,
       settings: loadSettings(workspaceDir).merged,
     });
@@ -56,10 +67,17 @@ export const linkCommand: CommandModule = {
         describe: 'The name of the extension to link.',
         type: 'string',
       })
+      .option('consent', {
+        describe:
+          'Acknowledge the security risks of installing an extension and skip the confirmation prompt.',
+        type: 'boolean',
+        default: false,
+      })
       .check((_) => true),
   handler: async (argv) => {
     await handleLink({
       path: argv['path'] as string,
+      consent: argv['consent'] as boolean | undefined,
     });
     await exitCli();
   },