---
title: /cli:cli-init
sidebar_label: /cli:cli-init
sidebar_position: 1
description: Initialize CLI configuration for workspace with automatic technology detection
---

# /cli:cli-init

Initialize CLI tool configurations for the workspace by analyzing project structure and generating optimized configuration files.

## Overview

The `/cli:cli-init` command analyzes your workspace to detect technology stacks and automatically generates CLI tool configurations for Gemini and Qwen with optimized ignore patterns.

**Supported Tools**: gemini, qwen, all (default)

## Features

- **Automatic Technology Detection** - Analyzes project structure to identify tech stacks
- **Smart Ignore Rules** - Generates filtering patterns optimized for detected technologies
- **Configuration Generation** - Creates tool-specific settings files
- **Multi-Tool Support** - Configure Gemini, Qwen, or both simultaneously

## Usage

```bash
# Initialize all CLI tools (Gemini + Qwen)
/cli:cli-init

# Initialize only Gemini
/cli:cli-init --tool gemini

# Initialize only Qwen
/cli:cli-init --tool qwen

# Preview what would be generated
/cli:cli-init --preview

# Generate in subdirectory
/cli:cli-init --output=.config/
```

## Generated Files

### Configuration Directories

**For Gemini** (`.gemini/`):
- `.gemini/settings.json` - Context file configuration

**For Qwen** (`.qwen/`):
- `.qwen/settings.json` - Context file configuration

### Ignore Files

- `.geminiignore` - File filtering patterns for Gemini CLI
- `.qwenignore` - File filtering patterns for Qwen CLI

Both ignore files use gitignore syntax and include technology-specific rules.

## Supported Technology Stacks

### Frontend Technologies
- **React/Next.js** - Ignores build artifacts, .next/, node_modules
- **Vue/Nuxt** - Ignores .nuxt/, dist/, .cache/
- **Angular** - Ignores dist/, .angular/, node_modules
- **Webpack/Vite** - Ignores build outputs, cache directories

### Backend Technologies
- **Node.js** - Ignores node_modules/, npm-debug.log*, package-lock.json
- **Python** - Ignores __pycache__/, *.py[cod], .venv/, venv/
- **Java** - Ignores target/, .gradle/, *.class, *.jar
- **Go** - Ignores vendor/, *.exe, *.test
- **Rust** - Ignores target/, Cargo.lock

### Configuration Files

Both `.gemini/settings.json` and `.qwen/settings.json` are configured with:
```json
{
  "contextfilename": ["CLAUDE.md"]
}
```

## Command Options

| Option | Description | Default |
|--------|-------------|---------|
| `--tool <name>` | Tool to configure (gemini, qwen, all) | all |
| `--output <path>` | Custom output directory | Current directory |
| `--preview` | Show what would be generated without creating files | false |

## Execution Flow

1. **Workspace Analysis** - Runs `get_modules_by_depth` to analyze project structure
2. **Technology Detection** - Identifies tech stacks based on files and directories
3. **Configuration Generation** - Creates tool-specific configuration directories
4. **Ignore Rules Generation** - Creates organized ignore files with detected patterns
5. **File Creation** - Writes all configuration files to disk

## Examples

### Basic Project Setup

```bash
# Initialize all CLI tools
/cli:cli-init

# Output:
# Creating .gemini/ directory
# Creating .qwen/ directory
# Generating .geminiignore with 45 rules
# Generating .qwenignore with 45 rules
# Technology detected: Node.js, TypeScript, React
```

### Technology Migration

```bash
# After adding Docker to project
/cli:cli-init

# Regenerates all config and ignore files with new Docker rules
```

### Tool-Specific Setup

```bash
# Gemini-only workflow
/cli:cli-init --tool gemini

# Creates only .gemini/ and .geminiignore
```

## Related Commands

- **/cli:codex-review** - Code review using Codex CLI
- **/memory:update-full** - Full project memory update
- **/workflow:lite-execute** - Quick execution workflow

## Notes

- Backs up existing configuration files before overwriting
- Auto-detects technology stacks from common indicators
- Generated ignore patterns optimize CLI tool performance
- Safe to run multiple times - preserves existing configurations