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Desktop App

Settings and preferences

Use settings to shape how the app feels day to day, and preferences to tune model behavior for your workload.

Desktop settings (in-app sheet)

The in-app settings sheet controls interaction behavior, presentation, and local quality-of-life defaults.

  • Language and interface locale.
  • Editor selection (system default, Cursor, VS Code, Zed, Sublime, WebStorm, or custom command).
  • Context display style (show remaining context vs usage).
  • Streaming responses toggle.
  • Tool call display preferences (collapse/group).
  • Theme, diff display, and sound effects.
  • Voice and input behavior (auto-send voice, Meta/Ctrl+Enter multiline send).
  • Codebase indexing toggle.

AI preferences (dashboard)

Use dashboard AI preferences for model strategy settings that apply across sessions.

  • Fast, medium, and heavy default model assignments.
  • Auto-model routing rules plus fallback model.
  • Auto-compaction enable/disable and threshold tuning (5% to 95%).

High-value defaults to start with

  • Keep streaming enabled for faster feedback loops.
  • Keep tool calls grouped/collapsed unless you are actively debugging tool behavior.
  • Use explicit fast/medium/heavy defaults so routing behavior is predictable.
  • Leave auto-compaction on unless you have a specific reason to manage compaction manually.