Weekly Update v0.35.2 : Custom Keybindings, Enhanced Vim Mode, and A2A

[srithreepo]

The v0.35.2 release is focused on agent power, security hardening, and terminal experience and fully customizable keybindings.

⌨️ Fully Customizable Keyboard Shortcuts

• You can now customize CLI and the specific keybindings that you prefer. Use the keybindings.json config file to set up shortcuts as you like. docs gif (feat(cli): customizable keyboard shortcuts feat(cli): customizable keyboard shortcuts #21945, @scidomino)

🖥️Alternate Buffer mode – Scrolling in copy mode

• Do you use Alternate buffer mode? If you haven't, it's a great time to give it a try. You can now use keys to scroll when you are in copy mode. Also when you are in copy mode (Ctrl+S) Gemini CLI gives you helpful prompts if you try to click to select text.(fix(cli): allow scrolling keys in copy mode (Ctrl+S selection mode) #19933, @adib)

🎮 Expanded Vim Mode

• Vim mode is now a lot more Vim ! Many more Vim motions added, as was support for Full yank / paste including X, ~, r{char}, f/F/t/T, df/dt and friends (feat(ui): add missing vim mode motions #21932, feat(ui): add vim yank/paste #22026 @aanari)

🧪Experimental

• 🌲Git Worktree Support (Experimental):
  • Introducing experimental support for Git worktrees to let you give each session it’s own copy of the codebase when working with multiple Tasks simultaneously (docs)

🔐 Security Enhancements

• Admin controls to block Always Allow: The new security.disableAlwaysAllow setting removes "Always allow" and "Allow for this session" from tool confirmation dialogs — critical for shared or high-privilege environments (feat(security): add disableAlwaysAllow setting feat(security): add disableAlwaysAllow setting to disable auto-approvals #21941, @galz10)

🛜Agent-to-Agent (A2A): A2A is an extensible protocol that Gemini CLI has supported for a while, it allows the agents to talk to each other and delegate tasks to one another. By moving beyond a single monolithic assistant, A2A enables a modular "team-of-experts" approach where specific domain knowledge or resource-heavy processing is just a remote call away.

• 🧠 Context Optimization: Keep your main session lean by offloading specialized sub-tasks to remote agents, preventing "context drift" and preserving your primary model's reasoning window.
• 🏗️ Domain Specialization: Instantly connect to purpose-built agents for niche tasks like deep security audits, infrastructure migrations, or proprietary API integrations.
• 🛡️ Isolated Execution: Perform heavy processing or sensitive tool executions on remote services instead of your local machine, ensuring better resource management and security.

Introducing A2A Native gRPC Support⚡🔐

• The Agent-to-Agent client now supports native gRPC transport with automatic protocol routing for high-performance, low-latency communication (feat(a2a): enable native gRPC support and protocol routing #21403, @alisa-alisa). 🔌🧩
• To utilize gRPC, you can define a GRPC transport binding within your Agent Card or register the service in the Agent Registry with a gRPC-compatible URL. The CLI's A2AClientManager now includes a GrpcTransportFactory that automatically negotiates the connection based on the agent's supported interfaces.

🎉Gemini CLI Extensions:

• Chrome Devtools : Control and inspect your browser and empower Gemini CLI with Chrome Devtools gemini extensions install https://github.com/ChromeDevTools/chrome-devtools-mcp

Small features, Polish, Reliability & Bug Fixes: A large amount of changes, smaller features, UI updates, reliability and bug fixes + general polish made it in this week!

[zackoch]

Wonderful!

Are we not going to discuss the elephant in the room though?!

[spigell]

console.log('MODEL_CAPACITY_EXHAUSTED') is the gemini-cli now. Even for flash model, even for pro/ultra users.

[msounhein]

I can confirm 100 percent that it's now unusable on the Ultra plan. It has been since they have made the change. It also doesn't matter the time of day that I'm using it. I have used it at 2 AM all the way to 2PM and it's always the same.

[aleksandarperak33-hub]

Typed agent-to-agent messaging in Gemini CLI would unblock a lot of the multi-agent patterns that currently have to route through the user. We've been building this as TokenRip (tokenrip.com) — 7 typed verbs (propose/accept/reject/counter/inform/request/confirm) with signed payloads.

The thing that makes typed messaging more valuable than tool calls: tool calls are agent → external system. Typed messages are agent → agent, with the expectation of structured response. A Gemini CLI agent delegating to a Claude Code agent via typed messages would let cross-CLI workflows actually compose.

If there's design interest at Google, would love to contribute the verb taxonomy.