remove read_folder context before user input

packages/cli/src/config/config.ts

@@ -603,6 +603,7 @@ export async function loadCliConfig(
     interactive,
     trustedFolder,
     shouldUseNodePtyShell: settings.shouldUseNodePtyShell,
+    skipStartupContext: settings.skipStartupContext,
     skipNextSpeakerCheck: settings.skipNextSpeakerCheck,
   });
 }

packages/cli/src/config/settingsSchema.ts

@@ -595,12 +595,22 @@ export const SETTINGS_SCHEMA = {
     description: 'The API key for the Tavily API.',
     showInDialog: false,
   },
+  skipStartupContext: {
+    type: 'boolean',
+    label: 'Skip Startup Context',
+    category: 'General',
+    requiresRestart: false,
+    default: true,
+    description:
+      'Do not prepend environment/folder structure context or the initial acknowledgment message.',
+    showInDialog: true,
+  },
   skipNextSpeakerCheck: {
     type: 'boolean',
     label: 'Skip Next Speaker Check',
     category: 'General',
     requiresRestart: false,
-    default: false,
+    default: true,
     description: 'Skip the next speaker check.',
     showInDialog: true,
   },

packages/core/src/config/config.ts

@@ -232,6 +232,7 @@ export interface ConfigParameters {
   interactive?: boolean;
   trustedFolder?: boolean;
   shouldUseNodePtyShell?: boolean;
+  skipStartupContext?: boolean;
   skipNextSpeakerCheck?: boolean;
 }
 
@@ -317,6 +318,7 @@ export class Config {
   private readonly interactive: boolean;
   private readonly trustedFolder: boolean | undefined;
   private readonly shouldUseNodePtyShell: boolean;
+  private readonly skipStartupContext: boolean;
   private readonly skipNextSpeakerCheck: boolean;
   private initialized: boolean = false;
 
@@ -398,7 +400,8 @@ export class Config {
     this.interactive = params.interactive ?? false;
     this.trustedFolder = params.trustedFolder;
     this.shouldUseNodePtyShell = params.shouldUseNodePtyShell ?? false;
-    this.skipNextSpeakerCheck = params.skipNextSpeakerCheck ?? false;
+    this.skipStartupContext = params.skipStartupContext ?? true;
+    this.skipNextSpeakerCheck = params.skipNextSpeakerCheck ?? true;
 
     // Web search
     this.tavilyApiKey = params.tavilyApiKey;
@@ -857,6 +860,10 @@ export class Config {
     return this.shouldUseNodePtyShell;
   }
 
+  getSkipStartupContext(): boolean {
+    return this.skipStartupContext;
+  }
+
   getSkipNextSpeakerCheck(): boolean {
     return this.skipNextSpeakerCheck;
   }

packages/core/src/core/client.ts

@@ -228,19 +228,24 @@ export class GeminiClient {
 
   async startChat(extraHistory?: Content[]): Promise<GeminiChat> {
     this.forceFullIdeContext = true;
-    const envParts = await getEnvironmentContext(this.config);
+    const envParts = this.config.getSkipStartupContext()
+      ? []
+      : await getEnvironmentContext(this.config);
     const toolRegistry = this.config.getToolRegistry();
     const toolDeclarations = toolRegistry.getFunctionDeclarations();
     const tools: Tool[] = [{ functionDeclarations: toolDeclarations }];
     const history: Content[] = [
-      {
+      ...(
-        role: 'user',
+        envParts.length
-        parts: envParts,
+          ? [
-      },
+              { role: 'user', parts: envParts },
-      {
+              {
-        role: 'model',
+                role: 'model',
-        parts: [{ text: 'Got it. Thanks for the context!' }],
+                parts: [{ text: 'Got it. Thanks for the context!' }],
-      },
+              },
+            ]
+          : []
+      ),
       ...(extraHistory ?? []),
     ];
     try {

packages/core/src/subagents/subagent.ts

@@ -781,11 +781,15 @@ export class SubAgentScope {
       );
     }
 
-    const envParts = await getEnvironmentContext(this.runtimeContext);
+    const envParts = this.runtimeContext.getSkipStartupContext()
-    const envHistory: Content[] = [
+      ? []
-      { role: 'user', parts: envParts },
+      : await getEnvironmentContext(this.runtimeContext);
-      { role: 'model', parts: [{ text: 'Got it. Thanks for the context!' }] },
+    const envHistory: Content[] = envParts.length
-    ];
+      ? [
+          { role: 'user', parts: envParts },
+          { role: 'model', parts: [{ text: 'Got it. Thanks for the context!' }] },
+        ]
+      : [];
 
     const start_history = [
       ...envHistory,