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Configuration

Council configuration lives at ~/.council/config.yaml. All settings are optional — Council ships with sensible defaults designed for first-run safety.

Config File Location

Section titled “Config File Location”
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~/.council/config.yaml

Create or edit:

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council config set <key> <value>

View current config:

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council config get [key]

Schema reference

Section titled “Schema reference”

All keys are optional and grouped into sections — defaults, telemetry, providers, expert, documents, chat, conclude, and paths. A typical config.yaml overriding a few common settings looks like:

defaults:
  maxRounds: 5
  maxExperts: 4
documents:
  aiExtraction: ask
telemetry:
  enabled: false

Editing Config

Section titled “Editing Config”

Set a value

Section titled “Set a value”
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council config set defaults.maxRounds 5
council config set documents.aiExtraction ask

Get a value

Section titled “Get a value”
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council config get defaults.maxRounds

View all settings

Section titled “View all settings”
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council config get
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