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-summary: "CLI backends: local AI CLI fallback with optional MCP tool bridge"
-read_when:
-  - You want a reliable fallback when API providers fail
-  - You are running local AI CLIs and want to reuse them
-  - You want to understand the MCP loopback bridge for CLI backend tool access
-title: "CLI backends"
----
-
-FengMing can run **local AI CLIs** as a **text-only fallback** when API providers are down,
-rate-limited, or temporarily misbehaving. This is intentionally conservative:
-
-- **FengMing tools are not injected directly**, but backends with `bundleMcp: true`
-  can receive gateway tools via a loopback MCP bridge.
-- **JSONL streaming** for CLIs that support it.
-- **Sessions are supported** (so follow-up turns stay coherent).
-- **Images can be passed through** if the CLI accepts image paths.
-
-This is designed as a **safety net** rather than a primary path. Use it when you
-want "always works" text responses without relying on external APIs.
-
-If you want a full harness runtime with ACP session controls, background tasks,
-thread/conversation binding, and persistent external coding sessions, use
-[ACP Agents](/tools/acp-agents) instead. CLI backends are not ACP.
-
-<Tip>
-  Building a new backend plugin? Use
-  [CLI backend plugins](/plugins/cli-backend-plugins). This page is for users
-  configuring and operating an already registered backend.
-</Tip>
-
-## Beginner-friendly quick start
-
-You can use Claude Code CLI **without any config** (the bundled Anthropic plugin
-registers a default backend):
-
-```bash
-fengming agent --message "hi" --model claude-cli/claude-sonnet-4-6
-```
-
-If your gateway runs under launchd/systemd and PATH is minimal, add just the
-command path:
-
-```json5
-{
-  agents: {
-    defaults: {
-      cliBackends: {
-        "claude-cli": {
-          command: "/opt/homebrew/bin/claude",
-        },
-      },
-    },
-  },
-}
-```
-
-That's it. No keys, no extra auth config needed beyond the CLI itself.
-
-If you use a bundled CLI backend as the **primary message provider** on a
-gateway host, FengMing now auto-loads the owning bundled plugin when your config
-explicitly references that backend in a model ref or under
-`agents.defaults.cliBackends`.
-
-## Using it as a fallback
-
-Add a CLI backend to your fallback list so it only runs when primary models fail:
-
-```json5
-{
-  agents: {
-    defaults: {
-      model: {
-        primary: "anthropic/claude-opus-4-6",
-        fallbacks: ["claude-cli/claude-sonnet-4-6"],
-      },
-      models: {
-        "anthropic/claude-opus-4-6": { alias: "Opus" },
-        "claude-cli/claude-sonnet-4-6": {},
-      },
-    },
-  },
-}
-```
-
-Notes:
-
-- If you use `agents.defaults.models` (allowlist), you must include your CLI backend models there too.
-- If the primary provider fails (auth, rate limits, timeouts), FengMing will
-  try the CLI backend next.
-
-## Configuration overview
-
-All CLI backends live under:
-
-```
-agents.defaults.cliBackends
-```
-
-Each entry is keyed by a **provider id** (e.g. `claude-cli`, `my-cli`).
-The provider id becomes the left side of your model ref:
-
-```
-<provider>/<model>
-```
-
-### Example configuration
-
-```json5
-{
-  agents: {
-    defaults: {
-      cliBackends: {
-        "my-cli": {
-          command: "my-cli",
-          args: ["--json"],
-          output: "json",
-          input: "arg",
-          modelArg: "--model",
-          modelAliases: {
-            "claude-opus-4-6": "opus",
-            "claude-sonnet-4-6": "sonnet",
-          },
-          sessionArg: "--session",
-          sessionMode: "existing",
-          sessionIdFields: ["session_id", "conversation_id"],
-          systemPromptArg: "--system",
-          // For CLIs with a dedicated prompt-file flag:
-          // systemPromptFileArg: "--system-file",
-          // Codex-style CLIs can point at a prompt file instead:
-          // systemPromptFileConfigArg: "-c",
-          // systemPromptFileConfigKey: "model_instructions_file",
-          systemPromptWhen: "first",
-          imageArg: "--image",
-          imageMode: "repeat",
-          // Opt in only if this backend may reseed safe invalidated sessions
-          // from bounded raw FengMing transcript history before compaction.
-          reseedFromRawTranscriptWhenUncompacted: true,
-          serialize: true,
-        },
-      },
-    },
-  },
-}
-```
-
-## How it works
-
-1. **Selects a backend** based on the provider prefix (`claude-cli/...`).
-2. **Builds a system prompt** using the same FengMing prompt + workspace context.
-3. **Executes the CLI** with a session id (if supported) so history stays consistent.
-   The bundled `claude-cli` backend keeps a Claude stdio process alive per
-   FengMing session and sends follow-up turns over stream-json stdin.
-4. **Parses output** (JSON or plain text) and returns the final text.
-5. **Persists session ids** per backend, so follow-ups reuse the same CLI session.
-
-<Note>
-The bundled Anthropic `claude-cli` backend is supported again. Anthropic staff
-told us FengMing-style Claude CLI usage is allowed again, so FengMing treats
-`claude -p` usage as sanctioned for this integration unless Anthropic publishes
-a new policy.
-</Note>
-
-The bundled Anthropic `claude-cli` backend prefers Claude Code's native skill
-resolver for FengMing skills. When the current skills snapshot includes at least
-one selected skill with a materialized path, FengMing passes a temporary Claude
-Code plugin with `--plugin-dir` and omits the duplicate FengMing skills catalog
-from the appended system prompt. If the snapshot has no materialized plugin
-skill, FengMing keeps the prompt catalog as a fallback. Skill env/API key
-overrides are still applied by FengMing to the child process environment for the
-run.
-
-Claude CLI also has its own noninteractive permission mode. FengMing maps that
-to the existing exec policy instead of adding Claude-specific policy config.
-For FengMing-managed Claude live sessions, the effective FengMing exec policy is
-authoritative: YOLO (`tools.exec.security: "full"` and
-`tools.exec.ask: "off"`) launches Claude with
-`--permission-mode bypassPermissions`, while restrictive effective exec policy
-launches Claude with `--permission-mode default`. Per-agent
-`agents.list[].tools.exec` settings override global `tools.exec` for that
-agent. Raw Claude backend args may still include `--permission-mode`, but live
-Claude launches normalize that flag to match the effective FengMing exec policy.
-
-The bundled Anthropic `claude-cli` backend also maps FengMing `/think` levels
-to Claude Code's native `--effort` flag for non-off levels. `minimal` and
-`low` map to `low`, `adaptive` and `medium` map to `medium`, and `high`,
-`xhigh`, and `max` map directly. Other CLI backends need their owning plugin to
-declare an equivalent argv mapper before `/think` can affect the spawned CLI.
-
-Before FengMing can use the bundled `claude-cli` backend, Claude Code itself
-must already be logged in on the same host:
-
-```bash
-claude auth login
-claude auth status --text
-fengming models auth login --provider anthropic --method cli --set-default
-```
-
-Use `agents.defaults.cliBackends.claude-cli.command` only when the `claude`
-binary is not already on `PATH`.
-
-## Sessions
-
-- If the CLI supports sessions, set `sessionArg` (e.g. `--session-id`) or
-  `sessionArgs` (placeholder `{sessionId}`) when the ID needs to be inserted
-  into multiple flags.
-- If the CLI uses a **resume subcommand** with different flags, set
-  `resumeArgs` (replaces `args` when resuming) and optionally `resumeOutput`
-  (for non-JSON resumes).
-- `sessionMode`:
-  - `always`: always send a session id (new UUID if none stored).
-  - `existing`: only send a session id if one was stored before.
-  - `none`: never send a session id.
-- `claude-cli` defaults to `liveSession: "claude-stdio"`, `output: "jsonl"`,
-  and `input: "stdin"` so follow-up turns reuse the live Claude process while
-  it is active. Warm stdio is the default now, including for custom configs
-  that omit transport fields. If the Gateway restarts or the idle process
-  exits, FengMing resumes from the stored Claude session id. Stored session
-  ids are verified against an existing readable project transcript before
-  resume, so phantom bindings are cleared with `reason=transcript-missing`
-  instead of silently starting a fresh Claude CLI session under `--resume`.
-- Claude live sessions keep bounded JSONL output guards. Defaults allow up to
-  8 MiB and 20,000 raw JSONL lines per turn. Tool-heavy Claude turns can raise
-  them per backend with
-  `agents.defaults.cliBackends.claude-cli.reliability.outputLimits.maxTurnRawChars`
-  and `maxTurnLines`; FengMing clamps those settings to 64 MiB and 100,000
-  lines.
-- Stored CLI sessions are provider-owned continuity. The implicit daily session
-  reset does not cut them; `/reset` and explicit `session.reset` policies still
-  do.
-- Fresh CLI sessions normally reseed only from FengMing's compaction summary
-  plus post-compaction tail. To recover short sessions that are invalidated
-  before compaction, a backend can opt in with
-  `reseedFromRawTranscriptWhenUncompacted: true`. FengMing still keeps raw
-  transcript reseed bounded and limits it to safe invalidations such as missing
-  CLI transcripts, system-prompt/MCP changes, or session-expired retry; auth
-  profile or credential-epoch changes never reseed raw transcript history.
-
-Serialization notes:
-
-- `serialize: true` keeps same-lane runs ordered.
-- Most CLIs serialize on one provider lane.
-- FengMing drops stored CLI session reuse when the selected auth identity changes,
-  including a changed auth profile id, static API key, static token, or OAuth
-  account identity when the CLI exposes one. OAuth access and refresh token
-  rotation does not cut the stored CLI session. If a CLI does not expose a
-  stable OAuth account id, FengMing lets that CLI enforce resume permissions.
-
-## Fallback prelude from claude-cli sessions
-
-When a `claude-cli` attempt fails over to a non-CLI candidate in
-[`agents.defaults.model.fallbacks`](/concepts/model-failover), FengMing seeds
-the next attempt with a context prelude harvested from Claude Code's local
-JSONL transcript at `~/.claude/projects/`. Without this seed, the fallback
-provider would start cold because FengMing's own session transcript is empty
-for `claude-cli` runs.
-
-- The prelude prefers the latest `/compact` summary or `compact_boundary`
-  marker, then appends the most recent post-boundary turns up to a char
-  budget. Pre-boundary turns are dropped because the summary already represents
-  them.
-- Tool blocks are coalesced to compact `(tool call: name)` and
-  `(tool result: …)` hints to keep the prompt budget honest. The summary is
-  labeled `(truncated)` if it overflows.
-- Same-provider `claude-cli` to `claude-cli` fallbacks rely on Claude's own
-  `--resume` and skip the prelude.
-- The seed reuses the existing Claude session-file path validation, so
-  arbitrary paths cannot be read.
-
-## Images (pass-through)
-
-If your CLI accepts image paths, set `imageArg`:
-
-```json5
-imageArg: "--image",
-imageMode: "repeat"
-```
-
-FengMing will write base64 images to temp files. If `imageArg` is set, those
-paths are passed as CLI args. If `imageArg` is missing, FengMing appends the
-file paths to the prompt (path injection), which is enough for CLIs that auto-
-load local files from plain paths.
-
-## Inputs / outputs
-
-- `output: "json"` (default) tries to parse JSON and extract text + session id.
-- For Gemini CLI JSON output, FengMing reads reply text from `response` and
-  usage from `stats` when `usage` is missing or empty.
-- `output: "jsonl"` parses JSONL streams and extracts the final agent message plus session
-  identifiers when present.
-- `output: "text"` treats stdout as the final response.
-
-Input modes:
-
-- `input: "arg"` (default) passes the prompt as the last CLI arg.
-- `input: "stdin"` sends the prompt via stdin.
-- If the prompt is very long and `maxPromptArgChars` is set, stdin is used.
-
-## Defaults (plugin-owned)
-
-Bundled CLI backend defaults live with their owning plugin. For example,
-Anthropic owns `claude-cli` and Google owns `google-gemini-cli`. OpenAI Codex
-agent runs use the Codex app-server harness through `openai/*`; FengMing no
-longer registers a bundled `codex-cli` backend.
-
-The bundled Anthropic plugin registers a default for `claude-cli`:
-
-- `command: "claude"`
-- `args: ["-p","--output-format","stream-json","--include-partial-messages","--verbose", ...]`
-- `output: "jsonl"`
-- `input: "stdin"`
-- `modelArg: "--model"`
-- `sessionMode: "always"`
-
-The bundled Google plugin also registers a default for `google-gemini-cli`:
-
-- `command: "gemini"`
-- `args: ["--output-format", "json", "--prompt", "{prompt}"]`
-- `resumeArgs: ["--resume", "{sessionId}", "--output-format", "json", "--prompt", "{prompt}"]`
-- `imageArg: "@"`
-- `imagePathScope: "workspace"`
-- `modelArg: "--model"`
-- `sessionMode: "existing"`
-- `sessionIdFields: ["session_id", "sessionId"]`
-
-Prerequisite: the local Gemini CLI must be installed and available as
-`gemini` on `PATH` (`brew install gemini-cli` or
-`npm install -g @google/gemini-cli`).
-
-Gemini CLI JSON notes:
-
-- Reply text is read from the JSON `response` field.
-- Usage falls back to `stats` when `usage` is absent or empty.
-- `stats.cached` is normalized into FengMing `cacheRead`.
-- If `stats.input` is missing, FengMing derives input tokens from
-  `stats.input_tokens - stats.cached`.
-
-Override only if needed (common: absolute `command` path).
-
-## Plugin-owned defaults
-
-CLI backend defaults are now part of the plugin surface:
-
-- Plugins register them with `api.registerCliBackend(...)`.
-- The backend `id` becomes the provider prefix in model refs.
-- User config in `agents.defaults.cliBackends.<id>` still overrides the plugin default.
-- Backend-specific config cleanup stays plugin-owned through the optional
-  `normalizeConfig` hook.
-
-Plugins that need tiny prompt/message compatibility shims can declare
-bidirectional text transforms without replacing a provider or CLI backend:
-
-```typescript
-api.registerTextTransforms({
-  input: [
-    { from: /red basket/g, to: "blue basket" },
-    { from: /paper ticket/g, to: "digital ticket" },
-    { from: /left shelf/g, to: "right shelf" },
-  ],
-  output: [
-    { from: /blue basket/g, to: "red basket" },
-    { from: /digital ticket/g, to: "paper ticket" },
-    { from: /right shelf/g, to: "left shelf" },
-  ],
-});
-```
-
-`input` rewrites the system prompt and user prompt passed to the CLI. `output`
-rewrites streamed assistant deltas and parsed final text before FengMing handles
-its own control markers and channel delivery.
-
-For CLIs that emit Claude Code stream-json compatible JSONL, set
-`jsonlDialect: "claude-stream-json"` on that backend's config.
-
-## Bundle MCP overlays
-
-CLI backends do **not** receive FengMing tool calls directly, but a backend can
-opt into a generated MCP config overlay with `bundleMcp: true`.
-
-Current bundled behavior:
-
-- `claude-cli`: generated strict MCP config file
-- `google-gemini-cli`: generated Gemini system settings file
-
-When bundle MCP is enabled, FengMing:
-
-- spawns a loopback HTTP MCP server that exposes gateway tools to the CLI process
-- authenticates the bridge with a per-session token (`FENGMING_MCP_TOKEN`)
-- scopes tool access to the current session, account, and channel context
-- loads enabled bundle-MCP servers for the current workspace
-- merges them with any existing backend MCP config/settings shape
-- rewrites the launch config using the backend-owned integration mode from the owning extension
-
-If no MCP servers are enabled, FengMing still injects a strict config when a
-backend opts into bundle MCP so background runs stay isolated.
-
-Session-scoped bundled MCP runtimes are cached for reuse within a session, then
-reaped after `mcp.sessionIdleTtlMs` milliseconds of idle time (default 10
-minutes; set `0` to disable). One-shot embedded runs such as auth probes,
-slug generation, and active-memory recall request cleanup at run end so stdio
-children and Streamable HTTP/SSE streams do not outlive the run.
-
-## Reseed history cap
-
-When a fresh CLI session is seeded from a prior FengMing transcript (for
-example after a `session_expired` retry), the rendered
-`<conversation_history>` block is capped to keep reseed prompts from
-exploding. The default is `12288` characters (about 3000 tokens).
-
-Claude CLI backends automatically use a larger cap derived from the resolved
-Claude context tier. Standard 200K-token Claude runs keep a larger transcript
-slice, and 1M-token Claude runs keep a larger slice again, while other CLI
-backends keep the conservative default.
-
-- The cap only governs the reseed prompt's prior-history block. Live-session
-  output limits are tuned separately under `reliability.outputLimits`
-  (see [Sessions](#sessions)).
-
-## Limitations
-
-- **No direct FengMing tool calls.** FengMing does not inject tool calls into
-  the CLI backend protocol. Backends only see gateway tools when they opt into
-  `bundleMcp: true`.
-- **Streaming is backend-specific.** Some backends stream JSONL; others buffer
-  until exit.
-- **Structured outputs** depend on the CLI's JSON format.
-
-## Troubleshooting
-
-- **CLI not found**: set `command` to a full path.
-- **Wrong model name**: use `modelAliases` to map `provider/model` → CLI model.
-- **No session continuity**: ensure `sessionArg` is set and `sessionMode` is not
-  `none`.
-- **Images ignored**: set `imageArg` (and verify CLI supports file paths).
-
-## Related
-
-- [Gateway runbook](/gateway)
-- [Local models](/gateway/local-models)