Your settings in one file

settings.json holds the settings of the panel's cards: edit it as JSON, undo a save, change it by hand or copy it to another install.

The settings you make on the panel's cards are also kept in one file, settings.json, next to config.yaml: automatic follow-ups, the auto-answer level and always-to-me topics, away mode, the digest times, what you use ChatPilot for, automatic updates, the look, and the display choices you use on all devices. More settings move into it over time. It never holds keys or passwords.

The file is rewritten whenever a card changes one of its settings, so it always shows what the panel shows.

Edit it in the panel

Settings → Settings file shows the file as JSON. Under What each key means every setting is explained; Find a key searches them.

Change what you like and press Save. The whole file is checked first: a mistake marks its line, says what's wrong and changes nothing.
Discard changes puts back what the file says now.
Every save keeps the version before it (the last 10). Undo last save goes back one.

What's in the file

Each key belongs to a card in the panel. The panel's What each key means shows the same list with the default of each.

Key	Card	What it does
`follow_ups.days`	Automation → Automatic follow-ups	Days without an answer before a reminder; 0 is off
`follow_ups.waiting_on_them`	Automation → Automatic follow-ups	Remind you when your last message got no answer
`follow_ups.waiting_on_me`	Automation → Automatic follow-ups	Remind you when a chat has waited for your reply
`auto_answer.default_level`	Automation → Auto-answer	The level for chats without their own: `careful`, `normal`, `full` or `owner` (Always to me)
`auto_answer.always_to_me`	Automation → Auto-answer	Topics that always wait for you, whatever the level
`auto_answer.tag_levels`	Automation → Auto-answer	A level per people tag
`auto_answer.all_off`	Automation → Auto-answer	The off switch for every chat at once
`away_mode.on`	Automation → Away mode	Send the away message (once a day per person, private chats only)
`away_mode.message`	Automation → Away mode	The away message
`away_mode.only_when_needed`	Automation → Away mode	Only when ChatPilot sees a reply is needed
`digests.times`	Settings → Digests	Times of the digest of what waits on you, like `["08:30", "17:30"]`; `[]` is off
`digests.background`	Settings → Digests	Time of the background chats digest, like `"08:00"`; `""` is off
`use_modes.modes`	Settings → What you use ChatPilot for	`sales`, `support`, `builder`, `personal`; `[]` shows everything
`use_modes.tools`	Settings → What you use ChatPilot for	Your own show or hide per page; wins over the modes
`updates.auto`	Settings → Updates	Install updates by themselves
`display.theme`	Settings → Display	The look: preset, your own colours and corners, font and icons; in team mode the team look
`display.members_own`	Settings → Display	Team mode: Own looks, members may keep a look of their own over the team look
`all_devices.light_dark`	Settings → Display	Light or dark on every device
`all_devices.text`	Settings → Display	Text size on every device
`all_devices.density`	Settings → Display	Density on every device
`all_devices.clock`	Settings → Display	24 or 12 hour times on every device
`all_devices.date`	Settings → Display	Date order on every device
`all_devices.motion`	Settings → Display	Animations on every device
`all_devices.start`	Settings → Display	The start page on every device
`all_devices.icons`	Settings → Display	Icons in colour or mono on every device
`all_devices.chatview`	Settings → Display	Messages as bubbles or as a list on every device
`all_devices.initials`	Settings → Display	The sender's initials next to a message on every device
`all_devices.pane`	Settings → Display	How wide the messages run in the reading pane on every device
`all_devices.sound`	Settings → Display	The chime for new messages on every device: `off`, `smart` (people, VIP and urgent) or `all`

A key under digests or updates that is null follows config.yaml. A key under all_devices that is null lets each device keep its own choice.

Edit it by hand

You can also change settings.json in any editor, also while ChatPilot is stopped. ChatPilot picks the change up within a few seconds, with the same checks as Save. Keys you leave out stay as they are.

A file with a mistake changes nothing. A banner in the panel then names the line until the file is right again; Fix it opens the card. See A banner says settings.json has an error.

Copy it to another install

Settings → Backups → Download settings.json saves a copy. On the other install, Load from another install… shows every setting it would change before anything is saved. See Backups.

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