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      "content": "To see more of the underlying logic and steps taken by Gemini, you can use the following methods within the CLI:\n\n### 1. Increase Verbosity\nWhen running the `gemini` command from your terminal, you can append verbosity flags. This often exposes more detailed logs about tool execution and the internal \"thought\" process:\n*   **`-v`**: Enables verbose mode.\n*   **`-vv`**: Enables extra verbose mode (if supported by your current version).\n\n### 2. Explicitly Request \"Chain of Thought\"\nIn your prompts, you can instruct Gemini to show its reasoning before providing the final answer. Use phrases like:\n*   \"Walk me through your reasoning step-by-step before providing the code.\"\n*   \"Show your Chain of Thought (CoT) for this task.\"\n*   \"Explain your plan in detail before executing any tools.\"\n\n### 3. Review Tool Output\nThe CLI already shows you which tools are being called and why (the \"Explain Before Acting\" mandate). If you want to see more of what happened *inside* a shell command or file read that produced a lot of data, you can ask Gemini to:\n*   \"Show the full output of the last shell command.\"\n*   \"Read the log file in the temporary directory created during the last step.\"\n\n### 4. Use the `/help` Command\nYou can always type `/help` or ask `cli_help` specifically about \"debugging\" or \"verbosity\" to see if there are new runtime configuration options available for your specific build.",
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