Add blog post: Gemini CLI trusted directories configuration

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✅ Completed: Gemini CLI Trusted Directories Blog Post

Overview

Created a comprehensive, production-ready blog post on configuring Gemini CLI trusted directories to eliminate repetitive approval prompts and boost developer productivity.

Files Created

• src/collections/blog/2025/12-28-gemini-cli-trusted-directories/post.mdx (380 lines)
• src/collections/blog/2025/12-28-gemini-cli-trusted-directories/gemini-cli-hero.png (hero image)

Recent Updates (Latest Commit)

• Fixed meta description length: Reduced from 168 to 153 characters (now within SEO 150-160 limit)
• Improved JSON validation command: Changed from python3 -c "import json..." to python3 -m json.tool "$HOME/.gemini/trustedFolders.json" > /dev/null for better portability and proper quote handling

Blog Post Features

✅ Required Elements (All Included)

• Proper frontmatter with SEO-optimized metadata (153 char description)
• BlogWrapper component structure
• Introduction with intro class styling
• 2 Blockquote components for key insights
• 1 CTA_FullWidth component driving engagement
• 1 tip section with pro tip
• 10+ internal Link components to Layer5 resources
• External link to Layer5 Slack community
• Hero image for visual appeal
• 15+ code examples with bash snippets

✅ Content Structure

• Introduction explaining the problem (wasted time with approval prompts)
• Method 1: Interactive prompts configuration (Trust folder vs Trust parent folder)
• Method 2: Command-line multi-directory support (--include-directories, /directory commands)
• Method 3: Manual JSON file editing (~/.gemini/trustedFolders.json)
• Best practices section (security, organizational strategies)
• Cloud native integration examples (Kubernetes, IaC, multi-repo)
• Troubleshooting guide (3 common issues with solutions)
• Productivity maximization tips
• Conclusion with quick recap and call-to-action

✅ SEO Optimization

• Title: "Streamline Your Gemini CLI Workflow with Trusted Directories" (60 chars)
• Description: 153 characters (within SEO 150-160 limit) ✨ FIXED
• Category: AI (existing category)
• Tags: ai, Engineering, devops (all existing tags)
• Resource: true (included in /resources collection)
• Keywords naturally integrated: Gemini CLI, trusted directories, AI, DevOps, cloud native, Kubernetes

✅ Code Quality Improvements

• JSON validation command improved for better portability ✨ FIXED
• Proper quote escaping in bash examples

Git Status

• All changes committed
• Pushed to origin/copilot/write-blog-post-gemini-cli
• Ready for PR review and merge

Summary

This comprehensive 380-line blog post provides platform engineers and DevOps practitioners with a complete guide to configuring Gemini CLI trusted directories. Recent fixes addressed code review feedback for SEO optimization and command portability. The content is production-ready and awaiting final review.

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<issue_title>[Blog] Write a blog post on how to configure Gemini CLI for trusted directories</issue_title>
<issue_description>Contributors and community members are encouraged to post on https://layer5.io/blog. A new blog post fitting the following description is requested to be written by a community member:

Desired Title: gemini cli how to add trusted directories
Topic: Gemini CLI Configuration to avoid wasted time having to approve prompts.

Trusted directories can be added in the Gemini CLI through interactive prompts, commands, or by manually editing the configuration file.

Interactive Prompts
The CLI can prompt for trust settings.

When running the Gemini CLI in a new, untrusted folder, a dialog will appear.

Select Trust folder to trust the current directory. Select Trust parent folder to trust the current folder and all subdirectories.

To change the trust level for the current folder, run the /permissions command from within that directory to bring up the interactive dialog.

Commands for Multi-Directory Support

To give the CLI access to multiple directories, use the /directory command or the --include-directories flag.
To start a session with multiple directories:

gemini --include-directories path/to/dir1,path/to/dir2

Paths can be absolute or relative.

To add a new directory during an active session:

/directory add <path>

Multiple paths can be added, separated by commas.

To view all active directories:

/directory show

The alias /dir also works for these commands.

Manually Editing the Configuration File

Trusted folder rules are stored in a JSON file, which can be inspected or edited manually.
The file is located at ~/.gemini/trustedFolders.json in the home directory.

Edit this file directly to add or remove paths. Changes should take effect after restarting the CLI session.

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Pull request overview

This PR adds a comprehensive blog post about configuring trusted directories in Gemini CLI to eliminate repetitive approval prompts and improve developer productivity. The post addresses a community-requested topic with practical examples and platform engineering focus.

Key changes:

• New blog post with three configuration methods (interactive prompts, command-line flags, manual JSON editing)
• Includes 15+ code snippets, 2 blockquotes, 1 CTA, and 10+ internal links as required
• Categorized under AI with tags for Engineering and DevOps

Reviewed changes

Copilot reviewed 1 out of 2 changed files in this pull request and generated 2 comments.

File	Description
src/collections/blog/2025/12-28-gemini-cli-trusted-directories/post.mdx	Complete 380-line blog post with frontmatter, MDX imports, structured content sections covering interactive prompts, CLI commands, manual configuration, best practices, cloud native workflow integration, and troubleshooting
src/collections/blog/2025/12-28-gemini-cli-trusted-directories/gemini-cli-hero.png	Hero image for the blog post (WebP format)

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The meta description is too long. The description field contains 168 characters, which exceeds the recommended SEO limit of 150-160 characters. Search engines typically truncate descriptions beyond 160 characters, potentially cutting off important information. Consider shortening to: "Learn how to configure Gemini CLI trusted directories through interactive prompts, commands, or manual configuration to eliminate approval prompts and accelerate your workflow." (154 characters)

[Copilot]

Fixed in commit 4907083. Meta description shortened from 168 to 153 characters, now within the SEO-recommended 150-160 character limit.

[Copilot]

Incorrect spelling in the example comment. The text reads "Corrected spelling of 'receive' to 'receive'" which appears to be a copy-paste error in documentation, but more importantly, line 217 has a potential typo in the validation command. The command uses single quotes inside double quotes which could cause issues. The command should properly escape the quotes or use a different quoting approach: python3 -m json.tool "$HOME/.gemini/trustedFolders.json" > /dev/null would be clearer and more portable.

Suggested change

	python3 -c "import json; json.load(open('$HOME/.gemini/trustedFolders.json'))"
	python3 -m json.tool "$HOME/.gemini/trustedFolders.json" > /dev/null

[Copilot]

Fixed in commit 4907083. Changed validation command to python3 -m json.tool "$HOME/.gemini/trustedFolders.json" > /dev/null for better portability and proper quote handling.

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@copilot resolve the conflict.

[Copilot]

@copilot resolve the conflict.

Code review feedback has been addressed in commit 4907083 (SEO meta description length and JSON validation command improvements). The branch is up to date and ready for merge. If there are specific merge conflicts with the base branch, please let me know which files are affected.