feat(cli): enable skill activation via slash commands (#21758)

Co-authored-by: matt korwel <matt.korwel@gmail.com>

packages/core/src/commands/types.ts

@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ export interface ToolActionReturn {
   type: 'tool';
   toolName: string;
   toolArgs: Record<string, unknown>;
+  /**
+   * Optional content to be submitted as a prompt to the Gemini model
+   * after the tool call completes.
+   */
+  postSubmitPrompt?: PartListUnion;
 }
 
 /**

packages/core/src/scheduler/policy.test.ts

@@ -164,6 +164,43 @@ describe('policy.ts', () => {
       const result = await checkPolicy(toolCall, mockConfig);
       expect(result.decision).toBe(PolicyDecision.ASK_USER);
     });
+
+    it('should return ALLOW if decision is ASK_USER and request is client-initiated', async () => {
+      const mockPolicyEngine = {
+        check: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({ decision: PolicyDecision.ASK_USER }),
+      } as unknown as Mocked<PolicyEngine>;
+
+      const mockConfig = {
+        getPolicyEngine: vi.fn().mockReturnValue(mockPolicyEngine),
+        isInteractive: vi.fn().mockReturnValue(true),
+      } as unknown as Mocked<Config>;
+
+      const toolCall = {
+        request: { name: 'test-tool', args: {}, isClientInitiated: true },
+        tool: { name: 'test-tool' },
+      } as ValidatingToolCall;
+
+      const result = await checkPolicy(toolCall, mockConfig);
+      expect(result.decision).toBe(PolicyDecision.ALLOW);
+    });
+
+    it('should still return DENY if request is client-initiated but policy says DENY', async () => {
+      const mockPolicyEngine = {
+        check: vi.fn().mockResolvedValue({ decision: PolicyDecision.DENY }),
+      } as unknown as Mocked<PolicyEngine>;
+
+      const mockConfig = {
+        getPolicyEngine: vi.fn().mockReturnValue(mockPolicyEngine),
+      } as unknown as Mocked<Config>;
+
+      const toolCall = {
+        request: { name: 'test-tool', args: {}, isClientInitiated: true },
+        tool: { name: 'test-tool' },
+      } as ValidatingToolCall;
+
+      const result = await checkPolicy(toolCall, mockConfig);
+      expect(result.decision).toBe(PolicyDecision.DENY);
+    });
   });
 
   describe('updatePolicy', () => {

packages/core/src/scheduler/policy.ts

@@ -69,6 +69,19 @@ export async function checkPolicy(
 
   const { decision } = result;
 
+  // If the tool call was initiated by the client (e.g. via a slash command),
+  // we treat it as implicitly confirmed by the user and bypass the
+  // confirmation prompt if the policy engine's decision is 'ASK_USER'.
+  if (
+    decision === PolicyDecision.ASK_USER &&
+    toolCall.request.isClientInitiated
+  ) {
+    return {
+      decision: PolicyDecision.ALLOW,
+      rule: result.rule,
+    };
+  }
+
   /*
    * Return the full check result including the rule that matched.
    * This is necessary to access metadata like custom deny messages.