How to Unlock Local Inference in the Google Gemini SDK (Without Forking)

There is a growing demand in the google/gemini-cli issues for local model support. The reality? The functionality is already there. The @google/gemini-cli-core SDK was architected as a modular orchestrator, not just a cloud wrapper. At Tars , we’ve tapped into the SDK’s native ContentGenerator interface and OverrideStrategy to run 100% local agentic loops without forking the core. 1. The Strategy: Bypassing the Cloud Router The Gemini SDK uses a ClassifierStrategy by default to ping Google’s fla