Respect 'tools.core' and 'tools.allowed' settings in non-interactive mode, for both agent execution and custom command

packages/cli/src/config/config.test.ts

@@ -1597,6 +1597,58 @@ describe('Approval mode tool exclusion logic', () => {
     expect(excludedTools).toContain(WriteFileTool.Name);
   });
 
+  it('should not exclude a tool explicitly allowed in tools.allowed', async () => {
+    process.argv = ['node', 'script.js', '-p', 'test'];
+    const argv = await parseArguments({} as Settings);
+    const settings: Settings = {
+      tools: {
+        allowed: [ShellTool.Name],
+      },
+    };
+    const extensions: Extension[] = [];
+
+    const config = await loadCliConfig(
+      settings,
+      extensions,
+      new ExtensionEnablementManager(
+        ExtensionStorage.getUserExtensionsDir(),
+        argv.extensions,
+      ),
+      argv,
+    );
+
+    const excludedTools = config.getExcludeTools();
+    expect(excludedTools).not.toContain(ShellTool.Name);
+    expect(excludedTools).toContain(EditTool.Name);
+    expect(excludedTools).toContain(WriteFileTool.Name);
+  });
+
+  it('should not exclude a tool explicitly allowed in tools.core', async () => {
+    process.argv = ['node', 'script.js', '-p', 'test'];
+    const argv = await parseArguments({} as Settings);
+    const settings: Settings = {
+      tools: {
+        core: [ShellTool.Name],
+      },
+    };
+    const extensions: Extension[] = [];
+
+    const config = await loadCliConfig(
+      settings,
+      extensions,
+      new ExtensionEnablementManager(
+        ExtensionStorage.getUserExtensionsDir(),
+        argv.extensions,
+      ),
+      argv,
+    );
+
+    const excludedTools = config.getExcludeTools();
+    expect(excludedTools).not.toContain(ShellTool.Name);
+    expect(excludedTools).toContain(EditTool.Name);
+    expect(excludedTools).toContain(WriteFileTool.Name);
+  });
+
   it('should exclude only shell tools in non-interactive mode with auto-edit approval mode', async () => {
     process.argv = [
       'node',

packages/cli/src/config/config.ts

@@ -10,22 +10,24 @@ import {
   Config,
   DEFAULT_QWEN_EMBEDDING_MODEL,
   DEFAULT_MEMORY_FILE_FILTERING_OPTIONS,
-  EditTool,
   FileDiscoveryService,
   getCurrentGeminiMdFilename,
   loadServerHierarchicalMemory,
   setGeminiMdFilename as setServerGeminiMdFilename,
-  ShellTool,
-  WriteFileTool,
   resolveTelemetrySettings,
   FatalConfigError,
   Storage,
   InputFormat,
   OutputFormat,
+  isToolEnabled,
   SessionService,
   type ResumedSessionData,
   type FileFilteringOptions,
   type MCPServerConfig,
+  type ToolName,
+  EditTool,
+  ShellTool,
+  WriteFileTool,
 } from '@qwen-code/qwen-code-core';
 import { extensionsCommand } from '../commands/extensions.js';
 import type { Settings } from './settings.js';
@@ -818,6 +820,28 @@ export async function loadCliConfig(
   // However, if stream-json input is used, control can be requested via JSON messages,
   // so tools should not be excluded in that case.
   const extraExcludes: string[] = [];
+  const resolvedCoreTools = argv.coreTools || settings.tools?.core || [];
+  const resolvedAllowedTools =
+    argv.allowedTools || settings.tools?.allowed || [];
+  const isExplicitlyEnabled = (toolName: ToolName): boolean => {
+    if (resolvedCoreTools.length > 0) {
+      if (isToolEnabled(toolName, resolvedCoreTools, [])) {
+        return true;
+      }
+    }
+    if (resolvedAllowedTools.length > 0) {
+      if (isToolEnabled(toolName, resolvedAllowedTools, [])) {
+        return true;
+      }
+    }
+    return false;
+  };
+  const excludeUnlessExplicit = (toolName: ToolName): void => {
+    if (!isExplicitlyEnabled(toolName)) {
+      extraExcludes.push(toolName);
+    }
+  };
+
   if (
     !interactive &&
     !argv.experimentalAcp &&
@@ -826,12 +850,15 @@ export async function loadCliConfig(
     switch (approvalMode) {
       case ApprovalMode.PLAN:
       case ApprovalMode.DEFAULT:
-        // In default non-interactive mode, all tools that require approval are excluded.
-        extraExcludes.push(ShellTool.Name, EditTool.Name, WriteFileTool.Name);
+        // In default non-interactive mode, all tools that require approval are excluded,
+        // unless explicitly enabled via coreTools/allowedTools.
+        excludeUnlessExplicit(ShellTool.Name as ToolName);
+        excludeUnlessExplicit(EditTool.Name as ToolName);
+        excludeUnlessExplicit(WriteFileTool.Name as ToolName);
         break;
       case ApprovalMode.AUTO_EDIT:
         // In auto-edit non-interactive mode, only tools that still require a prompt are excluded.
-        extraExcludes.push(ShellTool.Name);
+        excludeUnlessExplicit(ShellTool.Name as ToolName);
         break;
       case ApprovalMode.YOLO:
         // No extra excludes for YOLO mode.