alt Hacker NewsI think it is hilarious that there are four different ways to set settings (settings.json config file, environment variable, slash commands and magical chat keywords).
That kind of consistency has also been my own experience with LLMs.
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ggdxwz • today at 7:52 PM
Especially some settings are in setting.json, and others in .claude.json So sometimes I have to go through both to find the one I want to tweak
SAI_Peregrinus • today at 8:00 PM
It's not unique to LLMs. Take BASH: you've got `/etc/profile`, `~/.bash_profile,` `~/.bash_login`, `~/.bashrc`, `~/.profile`, environment variables, and shell options.
To be fair, I can think of reasons why you would want to be able to set them in various ways.
- settings.json - set for machine, project
- env var - set for an environment/shell/sandbox
- slash command - set for a session
- magical keyword - set for a turn