# Copilot CLI: Configure everything from one place with /settings

> Source: <https://github.blog/changelog/2026-06-11-copilot-cli-configure-everything-from-one-place-with-settings>
> Published: 2026-06-11 16:44:55+00:00

# Copilot CLI: Configure everything from one place with /settings

GitHub Copilot CLI now has a unified, schema-driven home for configuration. The new `/settings`

slash command combines the scattered commands like `/theme`

, `/streamer-mode`

, and `/experimental`

with options that previously required manually editing your settings file into a single, discoverable surface.

[One command, three ways to use it](#one-command-three-ways-to-use-it)

`/settings`

works whether you want a guided UI, a quick one-liner, or a scripted change in a `copilot -p`

invocation:

`/settings`

opens a full-screen, sectioned dialog where you can browse and edit every user setting.`/settings`

sets a value inline (e.g.,`/settings autoUpdate true`

,`/settings sessionSync.level full`

).`/settings reset`

restores the default for a setting.

Keys are dotted paths into the CLI’s settings schema, and tab completion surfaces every available key — along with the description and the allowed values for booleans, enums, and enum-or-string unions — right next to your prompt. No more guessing key names or types.

[A dialog that fits each setting](#a-dialog-that-fits-each-setting)

Open `/settings`

with no arguments and you get a searchable, alt-screen dialog with editors built for each setting type:

- Boolean toggles, enum pickers, and enum-or-string union pickers.
- Free-form string and number editors, with a multi-line editor for prose.
- Dedicated editors for string and number arrays and generic records.
- A
`$EDITOR`

fallback for complex JSON containers. Your settings file is only written after the new value parses**and** passes schema validation, so a typo can’t silently break your next session.

Press `/`

to search, `Ctrl`+` R` to reset the focused setting to its default, and `Ctrl`+` E` to open the active settings file in your editor. Setting changes that have side effects (like `colorMode`

or `streamerMode`

) apply live the moment you save, whether you toggled them inline, reset them, or edited the file directly.

Want to jump straight to a specific setting? `/settings`

and `/settings reset`

open the dialog focused on that key.

[Get the update](#get-the-update)

Update GitHub Copilot CLI by running `copilot update`

in your terminal, then run `/settings`

to take it for a spin. Share feedback with the `/feedback`

command in a CLI session, or open an issue in [our public repository](https://github.com/github/copilot-cli).