Configuration & Settings

Configuration & Settings

Open Settings with Ctrl+, / Cmd+, or click the gear icon in the sidebar.

General Tab

Appearance

Option	Values	Default	Description
Theme	Dark, Light	Dark	UI color theme. Changes take effect immediately.

Clear All Data

Resets SnCode completely:

• Removes all credentials from the OS keychain
• Deletes all projects, threads, and messages
• Resets all settings to defaults
• Returns to the onboarding screen

Providers Tab

See Provider Setup for full details.

For each provider (Anthropic, OpenAI):

Option	Description
Enable/disable toggle	Activate or deactivate the provider
Auth mode	Switch between API Key and Subscription (OAuth)
Model selector	Choose which model to use
Credential status	Green checkmark when credentials are set

Agent Tab

Token & Step Limits

Setting	Range	Default	Description
Max tokens	256 – 128,000	16,384	Maximum tokens per model response
Max tool steps	1 – 100	25	Maximum tool call iterations per agent run

Sub-Agent Configuration

Setting	Range	Default	Description
Sub-agent model	Any available model	Same as parent	Model for sub-agent tasks (leave empty to use parent model)
Sub-agent max tokens	256 – 128,000	8,192	Max tokens per sub-agent response
Sub-agent max tool steps	1 – 50	15	Max tool steps per sub-agent
Max concurrent tasks	1 – 10	3	Maximum parallel sub-agent tasks

Thinking Level

Level	Anthropic (Extended Thinking)	OpenAI (Reasoning Effort)
None	Disabled	Default behavior
Low	2,048 budget tokens	Low effort
Medium	8,192 budget tokens	Medium effort
High	16,384 budget tokens	High effort
Extra High	—	High effort

You can also change the thinking level quickly via the brain icon in the message input area.

Tasks Tab

Manages sub-agent task settings. Currently shows the same concurrent tasks configuration as the Agent tab.

Skills Tab

Action	Description
Enable/disable skills	Per-project skill toggles
Install skill	Add a skill from a local directory
Delete skill	Remove user-installed skills

See Skills System for full details.

Settings Persistence

All settings are stored in the application state file:

Platform	Path
Windows	%APPDATA%/sncode/sncode-state.json
macOS	~/Library/Application Support/sncode/sncode-state.json
Linux	~/.config/sncode/sncode-state.json

Settings are validated against Zod schemas before being saved. Invalid values are rejected with an error message.