avoid loading and initializing CLI config twice in non-interactive mode (#5793)

packages/cli/src/config/config.ts

@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ import {
   FileDiscoveryService,
   TelemetryTarget,
   FileFilteringOptions,
+  ShellTool,
+  EditTool,
+  WriteFileTool,
 } from '@google/gemini-cli-core';
 import { Settings } from './settings.js';
 
@@ -365,7 +368,22 @@ export async function loadCliConfig(
   );
 
   let mcpServers = mergeMcpServers(settings, activeExtensions);
-  const excludeTools = mergeExcludeTools(settings, activeExtensions);
+  const question = argv.promptInteractive || argv.prompt || '';
+  const approvalMode =
+    argv.yolo || false ? ApprovalMode.YOLO : ApprovalMode.DEFAULT;
+  const interactive =
+    !!argv.promptInteractive || (process.stdin.isTTY && question.length === 0);
+  // In non-interactive and non-yolo mode, exclude interactive built in tools.
+  const extraExcludes =
+    !interactive && approvalMode !== ApprovalMode.YOLO
+      ? [ShellTool.Name, EditTool.Name, WriteFileTool.Name]
+      : undefined;
+
+  const excludeTools = mergeExcludeTools(
+    settings,
+    activeExtensions,
+    extraExcludes,
+  );
   const blockedMcpServers: Array<{ name: string; extensionName: string }> = [];
 
   if (!argv.allowedMcpServerNames) {
@@ -427,7 +445,7 @@ export async function loadCliConfig(
       settings.loadMemoryFromIncludeDirectories ||
       false,
     debugMode,
-    question: argv.promptInteractive || argv.prompt || '',
+    question,
     fullContext: argv.allFiles || argv.all_files || false,
     coreTools: settings.coreTools || undefined,
     excludeTools,
@@ -437,7 +455,7 @@ export async function loadCliConfig(
     mcpServers,
     userMemory: memoryContent,
     geminiMdFileCount: fileCount,
-    approvalMode: argv.yolo || false ? ApprovalMode.YOLO : ApprovalMode.DEFAULT,
+    approvalMode,
     showMemoryUsage:
       argv.showMemoryUsage ||
       argv.show_memory_usage ||
@@ -486,6 +504,7 @@ export async function loadCliConfig(
     ideModeFeature,
     chatCompression: settings.chatCompression,
     folderTrustFeature,
+    interactive,
     folderTrust,
   });
 }
@@ -514,8 +533,12 @@ function mergeMcpServers(settings: Settings, extensions: Extension[]) {
 function mergeExcludeTools(
   settings: Settings,
   extensions: Extension[],
+  extraExcludes?: string[] | undefined,
 ): string[] {
-  const allExcludeTools = new Set(settings.excludeTools || []);
+  const allExcludeTools = new Set([
+    ...(settings.excludeTools || []),
+    ...(extraExcludes || []),
+  ]);
   for (const extension of extensions) {
     for (const tool of extension.config.excludeTools || []) {
       allExcludeTools.add(tool);