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Gemini CLI adds extension settings for easier setup
Interactive setup and safer secret handling for CLI extensions.
Key Points
- 1Extensions can declare required settings
- 2Install prompts reduce startup failures
- 3API keys can be stored in keychain
Google introduced extension settings for Gemini CLI, prompting users for required details during installation and storing secrets like API keys in the system keychain. This reduces brittle environment-variable setup. It improves repeatable onboarding for teams.