Short GEMINI.md, workflows as skills

Keep GEMINI.md short and move workflows into skills. Gemini CLI setup guide.

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Move repeatable workflows out of the main instructions file into skills.

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llmx-gemini-cli-minimal.toml

# Keep GEMINI.md short and move workflows into skills
# source: https://llmx.tech/blog/gemini-cli-setup-gemini-md-mcps-skills-definitive-guide/

[rig]
who     = "Gemini CLI setup guide"
author  = "llmx.tech"
date    = "not stated"

harness = ["Gemini CLI"]
models  = []

[keep]
  - Short repo-specific GEMINI.md
  - Skills for repeatable workflows
  - MCP: GitHub first, Atlassian when needed
  - Hooks in ~/.gemini/settings.json
[cut]
  - Long GEMINI.md

thing	status	why (per source)
Long GEMINI.md	avoided	"If it becomes a manifesto, it will be ignored"

Source: https://llmx.tech/blog/gemini-cli-setup-gemini-md-mcps-skills-definitive-guide/ · checked 2026-10-14

One task, one thread, so bad corrections die with it

steal → Start a fresh thread per task; carry over only the memory you mean to.

Codex Long shared threads

by Niv Asayag (@niv_ai)

~/rigs/paulund-herdr-cli.toml2026-10-05

Three desktop apps out, one terminal multiplexer in

steal → Use one session view for all CLIs instead of one app per harness.

CodexClaude CodeOpenCode Codex / Claude Code /

by Paulund

~/rigs/philliant-lean-cursor-dir.toml2026-07-16

A slimmer .cursor: thin always-on rules, glob-scoped detail

steal → Move catalogs out of always-on files into a reference folder.

Cursor Duplicate guidance

by Philip Mathew Hern