Configuration Options

MyCoder provides a comprehensive configuration system that allows you to customize its behavior according to your preferences. This page details all available configuration options and how to use them.

Using the Configuration System

MyCoder is configured using a mycoder.config.js file in your project root, similar to ESLint and other modern JavaScript tools. This file exports a configuration object with your preferred settings.

// mycoder.config.js
export default {
  // GitHub integration
  githubMode: true,

  // Browser settings
  headless: true,
  userSession: false,
  pageFilter: 'none', // 'simple', 'none', or 'readability'

  // Model settings
  provider: 'anthropic',
  model: 'claude-3-7-sonnet-20250219',
  maxTokens: 4096,
  temperature: 0.7,

  // Custom settings
  customPrompt: '',
  profile: false,
  tokenCache: true,
};

MyCoder will search for configuration in the following places (in order of precedence):

1. CLI options (e.g., --githubMode true)
2. Configuration file (mycoder.config.js)
3. Default values

Available Configuration Options

AI Model Selection

Option	Description	Possible Values	Default
provider	The AI provider to use	anthropic, openai, mistral, xai, ollama	anthropic
model	The specific model to use	Depends on provider	claude-3-7-sonnet-20250219

Example:

// mycoder.config.js
export default {
  // Use OpenAI as the provider with GPT-4o model
  provider: 'openai',
  model: 'gpt-4o',
};

Logging and Debugging

Option	Description	Possible Values	Default
logLevel	Minimum level of logs to show	debug, verbose, info, warn, error	info
tokenUsage	Show token usage in logs	true, false	false
profile	Enable performance profiling	true, false	false

Example:

// mycoder.config.js
export default {
  // Enable verbose logging and token usage reporting
  logLevel: 'verbose',
  tokenUsage: true,
};

Browser Integration

Option	Description	Possible Values	Default
headless	Run browser in headless mode	true, false	true
userSession	Use existing browser session	true, false	false
pageFilter	Method to process webpage content	simple, none, readability	simple

Example:

// mycoder.config.js
export default {
  // Show browser windows and use readability for better web content parsing
  headless: false,
  pageFilter: 'readability',
};

Behavior Customization

Option	Description	Possible Values	Default
customPrompt	Custom instructions for the AI	Any string	""
githubMode	Enable GitHub integration	true, false	false

Example:

// mycoder.config.js
export default {
  // Set a custom prompt to guide the AI's behavior
  customPrompt: "Always write TypeScript code with proper type annotations. Prefer functional programming patterns where appropriate.",
  
  // Enable GitHub integration
  githubMode: true,
};

Configuration File Location

The mycoder.config.js file should be placed in the root directory of your project. MyCoder will automatically detect and use this file when run from within the project directory or any of its subdirectories.

Overriding Configuration

Command-line arguments always override the stored configuration. For example:

# Use a different model provider just for this session
mycoder --provider openai "Create a React component"

This will use OpenAI for this session only, without changing your stored configuration.

Configuration Examples

Basic Configuration

// mycoder.config.js
export default {
  provider: 'anthropic',
  model: 'claude-3-7-sonnet-20250219',
  githubMode: false,
};

Advanced Configuration

// mycoder.config.js
export default {
  // Model settings
  provider: 'anthropic',
  model: 'claude-3-7-sonnet-20250219',
  maxTokens: 4096,
  temperature: 0.7,
  
  // Browser settings
  headless: false,
  userSession: true,
  pageFilter: 'readability',
  
  // GitHub integration
  githubMode: true,
  
  // Custom settings
  customPrompt: 'Always prioritize readability and simplicity in your code. Prefer TypeScript over JavaScript when possible.',
  profile: true,
  tokenUsage: true,
  tokenCache: true,
};