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name: deadeye-config

description: View and change deadeye's settings from chat -- the conversational settings picker.

license: MIT

argument-hint: "[<what to change>]"

---

# Deadeye Config

Change deadeye's settings without anyone editing JSON. You are the selector.

Run `deadeye config list` to see every tunable key, its current value, and its

allowed values. If that reports "command not found", it's just not on PATH --

retry `~/.deadeye/bin/deadeye config list`. Present the result to the user as a

short list.

- If the user already said what they want ("turn off the plan gate", "coder to

sniper", "make reviews stricter"), map it to the right key/value and apply it

directly -- don't make them pick from a menu.

- Otherwise, ask which setting to change, then which value.

Apply a change with exactly:

deadeye config set <key> <value>

It validates against the schema and writes `~/.deadeye/config.json`, preserving

every other setting. Show the user the confirmation line it prints.

Keys and allowed values (authoritative -- never invent others):

| Key | Values |

|---|---|

| `mode.routing` | off · advise · enforce |

| `mode.effort` | off · advise |

| `mode.preprocess` | off · on |

| `mode.plan_gate` | off · soft · hard |

| `mode.workflow_hint` | off · on |

| `mode.codemap` | off · on |

| `mode.update_check` | off · on |

| `mode.routing_judge` | off · on |

| `coder.default_level` | off · spotter · marksman · sniper |

| `coder.security` | off · advise · ask |

| `coder.security_osv` | true · false |

| `security.exfil` | off · advise · ask |

Also settable (free-form): `coder.subagent_matcher` (regex),

`downshift_threshold` (0-1), `injection_budget_tokens` /

`coder.injection_budget_tokens` (int), `plan_gate.min_files` (int).

## Boundaries

- Only ever run `deadeye config get|set|list`. Never hand-edit the JSON, and

never set a key or value not listed above.

- Kill switches (`DEADEYE=off`, `DEADEYE_PREPROCESS/GATE/CODER=off`) are ENV

vars, not config keys. If the user wants everything off, tell them to set

`DEADEYE=off` in their shell (or config a specific axis to `off`).

- Changes to `default_level` and other defaults take effect next session; the

live coder level for THIS session changes with `/deadeye-coder <level>`.

- For the full list of commands, point the user at `/deadeye-help`.