cask: Instructions file for Gemini CLI

GEMINI.md

cask GEMINI.md is an instructions file for Gemini CLI from thraxil/cask. It costs 235 tokens per session, scanned A, original, BSD-3-Clause.

A project-specific instruction guide for using Gemini CLI in Cask, a distributed key-value store written in Go. It lists the project's build, test, cluster, and coding rules.

In plain words
What is it for?
Building Cask, running its test suite or local cluster, checking changes with tests and linting, and following the project's TDD process.
Why use it?
It gives an agent the commands and expectations needed to work safely in an unfamiliar repository. It also requires tests and linting, with strict red-green TDD unless told otherwise; TDD means writing a failing test before the code that makes it pass.

Instructions file for Gemini CLI

Written for Gemini CLI: the file is GEMINI.md. Also seen: mentions Gemini CLI.

This is thraxil/cask's own configuration. It tells Gemini CLI how to work on cask itself, so it is not a mod to install elsewhere. Copy it as a starting point and replace the rules that are about this project. Everything cask configures →

View source ↗ thraxil/cask
Reuse

Borrowing it

Nothing to install: this file belongs to thraxil/cask. Take a copy, put it at the same path in your own repository, and replace the rules that are about this project with yours.

Copy the file
curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/thraxil/cask/main/GEMINI.md
Clone the repo
git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/thraxil/cask

Made for: Gemini CLI.

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Per session 235 This file is loaded in full into every session.
When invoked 235 The same file — it is already loaded in full.
Security scan A 0 findings. A grade says what 26 rules found in the file — not that it is safe.
Origin original No closer match found in the catalogue.
Token cost

What it costs to keep this loaded

Counted locally with the o200k_base tokenizer, which is exact for GPT models; Claude uses its own tokenizer and its counts differ. Treat this as one consistent yardstick across the catalogue rather than a bill. Prices are per million input tokens.

ModelPer sessionOnce invoked
Fable 5.1 $0.00235 $0.00235
Opus 5.5 $0.00094 $0.00094
Sonnet 5.5 $0.00047 $0.00047
Haiku 4.5 $0.00023 $0.00023

Measured 26d ago against content hash 945ab0b0a11b, method: parsed. Prices are Anthropic first-party input rates as of 2026-10-07, from the pricing page.

Security

Grade A, and why

cask GEMINI.md scanned grade A with 0 findings against 26 rules in 11 categories — prompt injection, anti-refusal, data exfiltration, privilege escalation, supply chain, agent snooping, system-prompt leakage, SSRF and excessive agency — measured 26d ago.

A static scan of the body, not an audit. Every finding is printed with the line that produced it so you can judge whether it matters here. A mod is markdown that instructs an agent; that is exactly why what it instructs is worth reading.

Nothing flagged

None of the 26 patterns this scan looks for appear in this file: no shell pipes, no recursive deletes, no credential paths, no hidden text, no instruction-override or anti-refusal phrasing, no agent-config snooping. That is not a guarantee, it is the absence of the things that are checkable.

GEMINI.md · 30 lines

What it actually says

Gemini CLI Interaction Guidelines

This document outlines guidelines for effective interaction with the Gemini CLI agent in the cask project.

Project Overview

cask is a distributed key-value store written in Go.

Project-Specific Commands

You can use the following make commands to build and test the project:

  • make cask: Build the cask binary.
  • make test: Run the test suite.
  • make cluster: Run a local cluster for testing.

Example Interactions

  • To read a file: read_file(file_path='cask.go')
  • To search for a function: search_file_content(pattern='func handleSet', include='*.go')
  • To run the tests: run_shell_command(command='make test')

Project guidelines

  • Run make test before beginning work to ensure that the code is starting in a clean state.
  • Run make test and make lint when you are done with all changes and fix any pending issues
  • Always develop with strict red/green TDD unless told otherwise.
Changes

What this file has done since we first saw it

Hashed on every crawl. A supply-chain change to an agent config is a question of when, not whether, so the history is kept rather than the latest state alone.

  1. 26d ago First seen · 30 lines · 235 tokens per session scan A 945ab0b0a11b

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cask GEMINI.md is an instructions file published in the GitHub repository thraxil/cask (4 stars, last pushed 17d ago), licensed BSD-3-Clause. It adds 235 tokens to every session, about $0.0009 per session on Opus 5.5. A static security scan graded it A with 0 findings. No closer match exists in the catalogue, so it is treated as the original; first seen 2026-10-02.

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