cmux-settings
cmux settings
What it does
- Appearance: app.appearance = "system" | "light" | "dark", app.appIcon, app.menuBarOnly, app.minimalMode.
- Sidebar tint: sidebarAppearance.matchTerminalBackground, sidebarAppearance.tintColor, sidebarAppearance.tintOpacity (0..1).
- Sidebar details: sidebar.hideAllDetails, sidebar.showBranchDirectory, sidebar.showPullRequests, sidebar.showPorts, sidebar.showLog.
- Notifications: notifications.dockBadge, notifications.sound (enum incl. "none", "customfile"), notifications.customSoundFilePath, notifications.hooks (array).
- Browser: browser.defaultSearchEngine, browser.theme, browser.openTerminalLinksInCmuxBrowser, browser.hostsToOpenInEmbeddedBrowser.
- Automation: automation.socketControlMode (off | cmuxOnly | automation | password | allowAll), automation.portBase, automation.portRange.
- Shortcuts: shortcuts.bindings.<actionId> = "cmd+b", ["ctrl+b","c"], null, or "" to unbind. See references/shortcut-actions.md.
Requirements & configuration
Configuration: PATHEDITOR
Derived from the skill's own SKILL.md documentation · extracted 2026-07-23
cmux-settings FAQ
What does the cmux-settings skill do?
View and edit cmux settings in ~/.config/cmux/cmux.json. Use when the user wants to change cmux preferences (appearance, sidebar, notifications, automation, browser, shortcuts), set a value by JSON path, validate the file, open it in an editor, or look up which keys cmux recognizes. Triggers on '/cmux-settings', 'change cmux setting', 'set <something> in cmux', 'cmux config', 'cmux.json', or 'rebind a cmux shortcut'. Appearance: app.appearance = "system" | "light" | "dark", app.appIcon, app.menuBarOnly, app.minimalMode. Sidebar tint: sidebarAppearance.matchTerminalBackground, sidebarAppearance.tintColor, sidebarAppearance.tintOpacity (0..1).
How do I install cmux-settings?
Run: npx -y skills add https://github.com/manaflow-ai/cmux --skill cmux-settings --agent claude-code — the source lives at github.com/manaflow-ai/cmux.
Maintain cmux-settings?
Let people know it's listed here — add the badge (live metrics, light/dark aware) or a plain link to your README or docs.
[cmux-settings on getagentictools](https://getagentictools.com/skills/manaflow-ai-cmux-cmux-settings?ref=badge) npx agentictools info skills/manaflow-ai-cmux-cmux-settings The second line is the CLI lookup for this page — handy in READMEs and docs.
