in packages/cli/src/ui/hooks/slashCommandProcessor.ts [531:600]
action: async (_mainCommand, _subCommand, _args) => {
// Check if the _subCommand includes a specific flag to control description visibility
let useShowDescriptions = showToolDescriptions;
if (_subCommand === 'desc' || _subCommand === 'descriptions') {
useShowDescriptions = true;
} else if (
_subCommand === 'nodesc' ||
_subCommand === 'nodescriptions'
) {
useShowDescriptions = false;
} else if (_args === 'desc' || _args === 'descriptions') {
useShowDescriptions = true;
} else if (_args === 'nodesc' || _args === 'nodescriptions') {
useShowDescriptions = false;
}
const toolRegistry = await config?.getToolRegistry();
const tools = toolRegistry?.getAllTools();
if (!tools) {
addMessage({
type: MessageType.ERROR,
content: 'Could not retrieve tools.',
timestamp: new Date(),
});
return;
}
// Filter out MCP tools by checking if they have a serverName property
const geminiTools = tools.filter((tool) => !('serverName' in tool));
let message = 'Available Gemini CLI tools:\n\n';
if (geminiTools.length > 0) {
geminiTools.forEach((tool) => {
if (useShowDescriptions && tool.description) {
// Format tool name in cyan using simple ANSI cyan color
message += ` - \u001b[36m${tool.displayName} (${tool.name})\u001b[0m:\n`;
// Apply green color to the description text
const greenColor = '\u001b[32m';
const resetColor = '\u001b[0m';
// Handle multi-line descriptions by properly indenting and preserving formatting
const descLines = tool.description.trim().split('\n');
// If there are multiple lines, add proper indentation for each line
if (descLines) {
for (const descLine of descLines) {
message += ` ${greenColor}${descLine}${resetColor}\n`;
}
}
} else {
// Use cyan color for the tool name even when not showing descriptions
message += ` - \u001b[36m${tool.displayName}\u001b[0m\n`;
}
});
} else {
message += ' No tools available\n';
}
message += '\n';
// Make sure to reset any ANSI formatting at the end to prevent it from affecting the terminal
message += '\u001b[0m';
addMessage({
type: MessageType.INFO,
content: message,
timestamp: new Date(),
});
},