Gemini CLI Weekly Update [v0.27.0]: Cleaner terminal experience, more flexibility and extensions

[srithreepo]

Here is Gemini CLI’s February 2nd weekly update for v0.27.0

• 🎨 Clean UI Transition: Removed the input prompt box border to provide a more modern, seamless terminal experience. (screenshot feat(ui): add solid background color option for input prompt #16563, by @jacob314)
• 📝 Large Paste Handling: Improved the readability of chat history by replacing massive text pastes with a clean, toggleable [Pasted Text: X lines] placeholder. (gif, feat(agents): implement first-run experience for project-level sub-agents #17266, by @jackwotherspoon)
• 🎉Gemini CLI Extensions:
  • Crowdstrike - Connect Gemini CLI to CrowdStrike Falcon to enable intelligent, automated security analysis and operations.
    • gemini extensions install https://github​.​​com/CrowdStrike/falcon-mcp
  • Replit - Create apps and automations from natural language with Replit directly from Gemini CLI
    • gemini extensions install https://github.com/replit/replit-gemini-extension
• 🔌 MCP Server Management: Use /mcp enable and /mcp disable commands to enable or disable servers during a session or permanently. (gif, feat(mcp): add enable/disable commands for MCP servers (#11057) #16299, by @jasmeetsb)
• ⌨️ Expanded Approval View (Ctrl-O): Support for Ctrl-O to expand and scroll through tool approvals. Note: This functionality is implemented for non-alternate buffer mode. (Ctrl-O #17617, by @jacob314)
• 🏗️ Dynamic Variable Substitution: Use variables like${AgentSkills} and ${AvailableTools} in system prompts, which can be dynamically substituted allowing for more flexible and context-aware agent behavior. (feat(core): support dynamic variable substitution in system prompt override #17042, by @NTaylorMullen)
• ⚡ Vim Mode Shortcuts: Added new quick-clear input shortcuts for power users operating in Vim mode. (feat(cli): add quick clear input shortcuts in vim mode #17470, by @harshanadim)
• 🧹 Clear context for Hooks: AfterAgent hooks can use clearContext to clear the sessions context when triggered. (feat: add clearContext to AfterAgent hooks #16574, by @jackwotherspoon)
• 📊 JSON Extension Listing: You can now use output formats to, make it easier to parse extension data programmatically--output-format=json to the gemini extensions list command. (feat(cli): add gemini extensions list --output-format=json #14479, by @AkihiroSuda)
• Small features, Polish, Reliability & Bug Fixes: A large amount of changes, smaller features, UI updates, reliability and bug fixes + general polish made it in this week!