[Bug]: muse mode shell blocked

[arlogilbert]

Bug Description

forge in forge or mode is able to access local CLI commands such as gh.

:forge also works and can access CLIs such as gh.

:muse run the gh cli results in "I don't have direct shell access in my current toolset."

Steps to Reproduce

1. Install on macOS (latest stable) using instructions on forgecode homepage.
2. go through setup, add providers, test that connections to providers work.
3. :muse Can you access the gh cli? and it will show MCP tools and pre-defined tools as available, but local commands can not be run. Error "Please enable muse mode to be allowed to access shells"

Planning modes in agentic coding frequently require accessing resources such as pulling git issues or running scripts etc... We have skills that pull issues and looks at branches, the inability to use git to do diffs or gh to pull issues makes the muse mode much less useful, so we have to use forge mode for planning which, is not ideal.

Expected Behavior

Expected that muse/forge modes can RW as they do and also both should be able to access shell commands, or at least have it be configurable at a global or repo level.

Actual Behavior

when in muse mode, no shell commands can be executed.

Forge Version

2.8.0

Operating System & Version

macOS Tahoe 26.3

AI Provider

Anthropic

Model

opus-4-6

Installation Method

npx forgecode@latest

Configuration