add config: tool output char limit

packages/cli/src/config/config.ts

@@ -603,7 +603,9 @@ export async function loadCliConfig(
     interactive,
     trustedFolder,
     shouldUseNodePtyShell: settings.shouldUseNodePtyShell,
+    skipStartupContext: settings.skipStartupContext,
     skipNextSpeakerCheck: settings.skipNextSpeakerCheck,
+    toolOutputCharLimit: settings.toolOutputCharLimit,
   });
 }
 

packages/cli/src/config/settingsSchema.ts

@@ -577,6 +577,16 @@ export const SETTINGS_SCHEMA = {
     description: 'The maximum number of tokens allowed in a session.',
     showInDialog: false,
   },
+  toolOutputCharLimit: {
+    type: 'number',
+    label: 'Tool Output Character Limit',
+    category: 'General',
+    requiresRestart: false,
+    default: undefined as number | undefined,
+    description:
+      'Max characters for tool outputs (read_file, read_many_files, shell). If set, text content is truncated to this limit.',
+    showInDialog: true,
+  },
   systemPromptMappings: {
     type: 'object',
     label: 'System Prompt Mappings',
@@ -595,12 +605,22 @@ 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/cli/src/nonInteractiveCli.ts

@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import {
   isTelemetrySdkInitialized,
   GeminiEventType,
   parseAndFormatApiError,
+  ApprovalMode,
 } from '@qwen-code/qwen-code-core';
 import { Content, Part, FunctionCall } from '@google/genai';
 
@@ -39,6 +40,12 @@ export async function runNonInteractive(
 
     const geminiClient = config.getGeminiClient();
 
+    // In YOLO mode, disable next_speaker check to avoid auto-continue.
+    if (config.getApprovalMode && config.getApprovalMode() === ApprovalMode.YOLO) {
+      (config as unknown as { getSkipNextSpeakerCheck: () => boolean }).getSkipNextSpeakerCheck =
+        () => true;
+    }
+
     const abortController = new AbortController();
     let currentMessages: Content[] = [
       { role: 'user', parts: [{ text: input }] },

packages/core/src/config/config.ts

@@ -77,6 +77,11 @@ export interface BugCommandSettings {
 
 export interface ChatCompressionSettings {
   contextPercentageThreshold?: number;
+  /**
+   * When true, disables automatic chat history compression while in YOLO approval mode.
+   * Manual compression via commands remains available.
+   */
+  disableInYolo?: boolean;
 }
 
 export interface SummarizeToolOutputSettings {
@@ -232,7 +237,10 @@ export interface ConfigParameters {
   interactive?: boolean;
   trustedFolder?: boolean;
   shouldUseNodePtyShell?: boolean;
+  skipStartupContext?: boolean;
   skipNextSpeakerCheck?: boolean;
+  // Character limit for tool text outputs (files and shell)
+  toolOutputCharLimit?: number;
 }
 
 export class Config {
@@ -317,8 +325,10 @@ 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;
+  private readonly toolOutputCharLimit?: number;
 
   constructor(params: ConfigParameters) {
     this.sessionId = params.sessionId;
@@ -398,7 +408,9 @@ 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;
+    this.toolOutputCharLimit = params.toolOutputCharLimit;
 
     // Web search
     this.tavilyApiKey = params.tavilyApiKey;
@@ -857,10 +869,22 @@ export class Config {
     return this.shouldUseNodePtyShell;
   }
 
+  getSkipStartupContext(): boolean {
+    return this.skipStartupContext;
+  }
+
   getSkipNextSpeakerCheck(): boolean {
     return this.skipNextSpeakerCheck;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Returns the configured maximum number of characters for tool outputs.
+   * If undefined, no character-based truncation is applied by tools.
+   */
+  getToolOutputCharLimit(): number | undefined {
+    return this.toolOutputCharLimit;
+  }
+
   async getGitService(): Promise<GitService> {
     if (!this.gitService) {
       this.gitService = new GitService(this.targetDir);

packages/core/src/core/client.ts

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import {
   GeminiEventType,
   ChatCompressionInfo,
 } from './turn.js';
-import { Config } from '../config/config.js';
+import { ApprovalMode, Config } from '../config/config.js';
 import { UserTierId } from '../code_assist/types.js';
 import {
   getCoreSystemPrompt,
@@ -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 {
@@ -473,10 +478,18 @@ export class GeminiClient {
     // Track the original model from the first call to detect model switching
     const initialModel = originalModel || this.config.getModel();
 
-    const compressed = await this.tryCompressChat(prompt_id);
+    const chatCompression = this.config.getChatCompression();
+    const disableAutoCompressionInYolo =
+      this.config.getApprovalMode() === ApprovalMode.YOLO &&
+      // Default to disabling auto-compression in YOLO unless explicitly set to false
+      (chatCompression?.disableInYolo ?? true);
 
-    if (compressed) {
+    if (!disableAutoCompressionInYolo) {
-      yield { type: GeminiEventType.ChatCompressed, value: compressed };
+      const compressed = await this.tryCompressChat(prompt_id);
+
+      if (compressed) {
+        yield { type: GeminiEventType.ChatCompressed, value: compressed };
+      }
     }
 
     // Check session token limit after compression using accurate token counting
@@ -551,17 +564,25 @@ export class GeminiClient {
 
     const turn = new Turn(this.getChat(), prompt_id);
 
-    const loopDetected = await this.loopDetector.turnStarted(signal);
+    // Disable loop detection entirely in YOLO mode
-    if (loopDetected) {
+    const loopDetectionDisabled =
-      yield { type: GeminiEventType.LoopDetected };
+      this.config.getApprovalMode() === ApprovalMode.YOLO;
-      return turn;
+
+    if (!loopDetectionDisabled) {
+      const loopDetected = await this.loopDetector.turnStarted(signal);
+      if (loopDetected) {
+        yield { type: GeminiEventType.LoopDetected };
+        return turn;
+      }
     }
 
     const resultStream = turn.run(request, signal);
     for await (const event of resultStream) {
-      if (this.loopDetector.addAndCheck(event)) {
+      if (!loopDetectionDisabled) {
-        yield { type: GeminiEventType.LoopDetected };
+        if (this.loopDetector.addAndCheck(event)) {
-        return turn;
+          yield { type: GeminiEventType.LoopDetected };
+          return turn;
+        }
       }
       yield event;
       if (event.type === GeminiEventType.Error) {

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,

packages/core/src/tools/edit.ts

@@ -156,6 +156,8 @@ class EditToolInvocation implements ToolInvocation<EditToolParams, ToolResult> {
         params,
         this.config.getGeminiClient(),
         abortSignal,
+        // Disable LLM-based corrections in YOLO mode
+        this.config.getApprovalMode() !== ApprovalMode.YOLO,
       );
       finalOldString = correctedEdit.params.old_string;
       finalNewString = correctedEdit.params.new_string;

packages/core/src/tools/read-file.ts

@@ -122,21 +122,31 @@ class ReadFileToolInvocation extends BaseToolInvocation<
     }
 
     let llmContent: PartUnion;
+    const charLimit = this.config.getToolOutputCharLimit();
     if (result.isTruncated) {
       const [start, end] = result.linesShown!;
       const total = result.originalLineCount!;
       const nextOffset = this.params.offset
         ? this.params.offset + end - start + 1
         : end;
-      llmContent = `
+      const header = `\nIMPORTANT: The file content has been truncated.\nStatus: Showing lines ${start}-${end} of ${total} total lines.\nAction: To read more of the file, you can use the 'offset' and 'limit' parameters in a subsequent 'read_file' call. For example, to read the next section of the file, use offset: ${nextOffset}.\n\n--- FILE CONTENT (truncated) ---\n`;
-IMPORTANT: The file content has been truncated.
+      const body = typeof result.llmContent === 'string' ? result.llmContent : '';
-Status: Showing lines ${start}-${end} of ${total} total lines.
+      let truncatedBody = body;
-Action: To read more of the file, you can use the 'offset' and 'limit' parameters in a subsequent 'read_file' call. For example, to read the next section of the file, use offset: ${nextOffset}.
+      if (typeof charLimit === 'number' && charLimit > 0 && body.length > charLimit) {
-
+        truncatedBody = `${body.slice(0, charLimit)}\n[... File content truncated to ${charLimit} characters ...]`;
---- FILE CONTENT (truncated) ---
+      }
-${result.llmContent}`;
+      llmContent = header + truncatedBody;
     } else {
-      llmContent = result.llmContent || '';
+      let body = result.llmContent || '';
+      if (
+        typeof body === 'string' &&
+        typeof charLimit === 'number' &&
+        charLimit > 0 &&
+        body.length > charLimit
+      ) {
+        body = `${body.slice(0, charLimit)}\n[... File content truncated to ${charLimit} characters ...]`;
+      }
+      llmContent = body;
     }
 
     const lines =

packages/core/src/tools/read-many-files.ts

@@ -228,6 +228,7 @@ ${finalExclusionPatternsForDescription
     const skippedFiles: Array<{ path: string; reason: string }> = [];
     const processedFilesRelativePaths: string[] = [];
     const contentParts: PartListUnion = [];
+    const charLimit = this.config.getToolOutputCharLimit();
 
     const effectiveExcludes = useDefaultExcludes
       ? [...DEFAULT_EXCLUDES, ...exclude]
@@ -436,6 +437,9 @@ ${finalExclusionPatternsForDescription
     );
 
     const results = await Promise.allSettled(fileProcessingPromises);
+    let remainingContentChars =
+      typeof charLimit === 'number' && charLimit > 0 ? charLimit : Number.POSITIVE_INFINITY;
+    let globalTruncated = false;
 
     for (const result of results) {
       if (result.status === 'fulfilled') {
@@ -449,22 +453,47 @@ ${finalExclusionPatternsForDescription
           });
         } else {
           // Handle successfully processed files
-          const { filePath, relativePathForDisplay, fileReadResult } =
+          const { filePath, relativePathForDisplay, fileReadResult } = fileResult;
-            fileResult;
 
           if (typeof fileReadResult.llmContent === 'string') {
+            // Separator does not count toward char budget
             const separator = DEFAULT_OUTPUT_SEPARATOR_FORMAT.replace(
               '{filePath}',
               filePath,
             );
-            let fileContentForLlm = '';
+
+            let prefix = `${separator}\n\n`;
+            // Warning header (if any) does not count toward char budget
             if (fileReadResult.isTruncated) {
-              fileContentForLlm += `[WARNING: This file was truncated. To view the full content, use the 'read_file' tool on this specific file.]\n\n`;
+              prefix += `[WARNING: This file was truncated. To view the full content, use the 'read_file' tool on this specific file.]\n\n`;
+            }
+            contentParts.push(prefix);
+
+            // Apply global char budget to the actual file content only
+            if (remainingContentChars > 0) {
+              const body = fileReadResult.llmContent;
+              if (body.length <= remainingContentChars) {
+                contentParts.push(body + '\n\n');
+                remainingContentChars -= body.length;
+              } else {
+                contentParts.push(
+                  body.slice(0, Math.max(0, remainingContentChars)),
+                );
+                contentParts.push(
+                  `\n[... Content truncated to ${charLimit} characters across files ...]\n`,
+                );
+                remainingContentChars = 0;
+                globalTruncated = true;
+              }
+            } else if (!globalTruncated && typeof charLimit === 'number') {
+              // No remaining budget, emit a single global truncation marker after first overflow
+              contentParts.push(
+                `\n[... Content truncated to ${charLimit} characters across files ...]\n`,
+              );
+              globalTruncated = true;
             }
-            fileContentForLlm += fileReadResult.llmContent;
-            contentParts.push(`${separator}\n\n${fileContentForLlm}\n\n`);
           } else {
-            // This is a Part for image/pdf, which we don't add the separator to.
+            // Non-text parts (image/pdf) do not count toward char budget
             contentParts.push(fileReadResult.llmContent);
           }
 
@@ -538,6 +567,10 @@ ${finalExclusionPatternsForDescription
         'No files matching the criteria were found or all were skipped.',
       );
     }
+    if (globalTruncated && typeof charLimit === 'number') {
+      displayMessage += `\n\nNote: Output truncated to ${charLimit} characters (text content only).`;
+    }
+
     return {
       llmContent: contentParts,
       returnDisplay: displayMessage.trim(),

packages/core/src/tools/shell.ts

@@ -279,6 +279,24 @@ class ShellToolInvocation extends BaseToolInvocation<
         }
       }
 
+      // Apply character truncation (middle) to both llmContent and returnDisplay if configured
+      const charLimit = this.config.getToolOutputCharLimit();
+      const middleTruncate = (s: string, limit: number): string => {
+        if (!s || s.length <= limit) return s;
+        const marker = '\n[... Output truncated due to length ...]\n';
+        const keep = Math.max(0, Math.floor((limit - marker.length) / 2));
+        if (keep <= 0) {
+          return s.slice(0, limit);
+        }
+        return s.slice(0, keep) + marker + s.slice(s.length - keep);
+      };
+      if (typeof charLimit === 'number' && charLimit > 0) {
+        llmContent = middleTruncate(llmContent, charLimit);
+        if (returnDisplayMessage) {
+          returnDisplayMessage = middleTruncate(returnDisplayMessage, charLimit);
+        }
+      }
+
       const summarizeConfig = this.config.getSummarizeToolOutputConfig();
       if (summarizeConfig && summarizeConfig[ShellTool.Name]) {
         const summary = await summarizeToolOutput(

packages/core/src/tools/write-file.ts

@@ -116,6 +116,8 @@ export async function getCorrectedFileContent(
       },
       config.getGeminiClient(),
       abortSignal,
+      // Disable LLM-based corrections in YOLO mode
+      config.getApprovalMode() !== ApprovalMode.YOLO,
     );
     correctedContent = correctedParams.new_string;
   } else {
@@ -124,6 +126,8 @@ export async function getCorrectedFileContent(
       proposedContent,
       config.getGeminiClient(),
       abortSignal,
+      // Disable LLM-based corrections in YOLO mode
+      config.getApprovalMode() !== ApprovalMode.YOLO,
     );
   }
   return { originalContent, correctedContent, fileExists };

packages/core/src/utils/editCorrector.ts

@@ -160,6 +160,7 @@ export async function ensureCorrectEdit(
   originalParams: EditToolParams, // This is the EditToolParams from edit.ts, without \'corrected\'
   client: GeminiClient,
   abortSignal: AbortSignal,
+  llmCorrectionsEnabled: boolean = true,
 ): Promise<CorrectedEditResult> {
   const cacheKey = `${currentContent}---${originalParams.old_string}---${originalParams.new_string}`;
   const cachedResult = editCorrectionCache.get(cacheKey);
@@ -178,7 +179,7 @@ export async function ensureCorrectEdit(
   let occurrences = countOccurrences(currentContent, finalOldString);
 
   if (occurrences === expectedReplacements) {
-    if (newStringPotentiallyEscaped) {
+    if (newStringPotentiallyEscaped && llmCorrectionsEnabled) {
       finalNewString = await correctNewStringEscaping(
         client,
         finalOldString,
@@ -225,7 +226,7 @@ export async function ensureCorrectEdit(
 
     if (occurrences === expectedReplacements) {
       finalOldString = unescapedOldStringAttempt;
-      if (newStringPotentiallyEscaped) {
+      if (newStringPotentiallyEscaped && llmCorrectionsEnabled) {
         finalNewString = await correctNewString(
           client,
           originalParams.old_string, // original old
@@ -263,38 +264,48 @@ export async function ensureCorrectEdit(
         }
       }
 
-      const llmCorrectedOldString = await correctOldStringMismatch(
+      if (llmCorrectionsEnabled) {
-        client,
+        const llmCorrectedOldString = await correctOldStringMismatch(
-        currentContent,
+          client,
-        unescapedOldStringAttempt,
+          currentContent,
-        abortSignal,
+          unescapedOldStringAttempt,
-      );
+          abortSignal,
-      const llmOldOccurrences = countOccurrences(
+        );
-        currentContent,
+        const llmOldOccurrences = countOccurrences(
-        llmCorrectedOldString,
+          currentContent,
-      );
+          llmCorrectedOldString,
+        );
 
-      if (llmOldOccurrences === expectedReplacements) {
+        if (llmOldOccurrences === expectedReplacements) {
-        finalOldString = llmCorrectedOldString;
+          finalOldString = llmCorrectedOldString;
-        occurrences = llmOldOccurrences;
+          occurrences = llmOldOccurrences;
 
-        if (newStringPotentiallyEscaped) {
+          if (newStringPotentiallyEscaped) {
-          const baseNewStringForLLMCorrection = unescapeStringForGeminiBug(
+            const baseNewStringForLLMCorrection = unescapeStringForGeminiBug(
-            originalParams.new_string,
+              originalParams.new_string,
-          );
+            );
-          finalNewString = await correctNewString(
+            finalNewString = await correctNewString(
-            client,
+              client,
-            originalParams.old_string, // original old
+              originalParams.old_string, // original old
-            llmCorrectedOldString, // corrected old
+              llmCorrectedOldString, // corrected old
-            baseNewStringForLLMCorrection, // base new for correction
+              baseNewStringForLLMCorrection, // base new for correction
-            abortSignal,
+              abortSignal,
-          );
+            );
+          }
+        } else {
+          // LLM correction also failed for old_string
+          const result: CorrectedEditResult = {
+            params: { ...originalParams },
+            occurrences: 0, // Explicitly 0 as LLM failed
+          };
+          editCorrectionCache.set(cacheKey, result);
+          return result;
         }
       } else {
-        // LLM correction also failed for old_string
+        // LLM corrections disabled -> return as-is to surface mismatch upstream
         const result: CorrectedEditResult = {
           params: { ...originalParams },
-          occurrences: 0, // Explicitly 0 as LLM failed
+          occurrences: 0,
         };
         editCorrectionCache.set(cacheKey, result);
         return result;
@@ -336,6 +347,7 @@ export async function ensureCorrectFileContent(
   content: string,
   client: GeminiClient,
   abortSignal: AbortSignal,
+  llmCorrectionsEnabled: boolean = true,
 ): Promise<string> {
   const cachedResult = fileContentCorrectionCache.get(content);
   if (cachedResult) {
@@ -349,11 +361,9 @@ export async function ensureCorrectFileContent(
     return content;
   }
 
-  const correctedContent = await correctStringEscaping(
+  const correctedContent = llmCorrectionsEnabled
-    content,
+    ? await correctStringEscaping(content, client, abortSignal)
-    client,
+    : content;
-    abortSignal,
-  );
   fileContentCorrectionCache.set(content, correctedContent);
   return correctedContent;
 }

packages/core/src/utils/fileUtils.ts

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import mime from 'mime-types';
 import { FileSystemService } from '../services/fileSystemService.js';
 
 // Constants for text file processing
-export const DEFAULT_MAX_LINES_TEXT_FILE = 2000;
+export const DEFAULT_MAX_LINES_TEXT_FILE = 500;
 const MAX_LINE_LENGTH_TEXT_FILE = 2000;
 
 // Default values for encoding and separator format