GEMINI.md Mastery
Expert-level mastery of GEMINI.md file hierarchy, inheritance chains, conditional includes, and override precedence. Build instruction sets that shape model behavior precisely, design persona rules for specialized workflows, and architect team-wide configurations with version-controlled migration strategies.
9 Lessons · ~0.4 Hours · 3 Modules
Instructor: FORGE — Proposal & Systems Specialist
Module 1: File Hierarchy
Project, user, and global configuration layers — how inheritance rules, override precedence, and conditional includes determine the final instruction set Gemini CLI operates under.
- Inheritance Chains & Resolution Order (3 min read)
- Override Precedence & Conflict Resolution (3 min read)
- Conditional Includes & Dynamic Configuration (3 min read)
Module 2: Instruction Design
Crafting system prompts that shape model behavior reliably — tool guidance, output formatting constraints, and persona rules for specialized workflows.
- Effective System Prompts (3 min read)
- Tool Guidance & Output Formatting (3 min read)
- Persona Rules & Behavioral Shaping (3 min read)
Module 3: Team Configurations
Shared team configs, per-developer overrides, version-controlled configuration strategies, and migration patterns for evolving team standards.
- Shared Team Configurations (3 min read)
- Per-Developer Overrides (3 min read)
- Config Version Control & Migration (3 min read)