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Designs settings and policy layers for coding-agent runtimes. Use when modeling source precedence, managed policy, env controls, or runtime settings validation.

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AI Coding Agents Settings Policy

Use this skill to design or review the settings and policy layer of a coding-agent runtime: settings sources, precedence, managed policy, validation, safe environment handling, and runtime application of settings changes.

This skill owns configuration and policy architecture for coding-agent runtimes. For project memory in AGENTS.md or CLAUDE.md, use ../agents-memory/SKILL.md.

ASCII Flow

settings sources
  defaults + managed policy + user + project + local + flags + env
       |
       v
precedence merge
  deterministic order + source provenance + plugin-only restrictions
       |
       v
validation
  schema + forbidden keys + unsafe env + unknown options
       |
       v
runtime application
  provider policy + tools + permissions + plugins + UI + cache invalidation
       |
       v
audit record
  effective settings without secrets

Quick Reference

Question	Read	Outcome
How should settings sources and policy precedence work?	`references/settings-source-precedence-and-managed-policy.md`	Source model, merge order, managed policy, plugin-only restrictions
How should settings be validated and applied safely?	`references/settings-validation-and-safe-runtime-application.md`	Schema validation, invalid-rule handling, safe env controls, runtime re-application
What are the exact override examples for each settings layer?	`references/settings-precedence-table.md`	Full precedence table: managed > CLI flags > local > project > user, with concrete examples and cache invalidation
Which sources can enable plugin surfaces?	`references/plugin-only-restriction-recipes.md`	Trust-class recipes for locking, scoping, and logging plugin-surface activations
How is ToolSearch gated by settings policy?	`references/deferred-tool-policy-layer.md`	Settings keys, policy decision flow, and interaction with tool-pool assembly
How does OpenAI Codex separate config layers from managed requirements?	`references/openai-codex-managed-config-and-requirements.md`	Layer stack, requirements constraints, managed-hooks-only mode, debug surfaces

When To Use

Design a settings system for a coding-agent CLI or runtime
Separate user, project, local, flag, and managed policy sources
Review how managed settings should override user configuration
Define which environment variables or customization surfaces are safe to accept
Apply runtime settings changes without restarting the whole process

Use Other Skills

Need	Use Instead
Broader coding-agent architecture	`../ai-coding-agents/SKILL.md`
Tool approval and permission modes	`../ai-coding-agents-permissions/SKILL.md`
Plugin package architecture	`../ai-coding-agents-plugins/SKILL.md`
AGENTS.md or CLAUDE.md repo memory	`../agents-memory/SKILL.md`
Generic config or schema design outside agent runtimes	`../software-devtools/SKILL.md`

Default Workflow

Define source layers. Separate user, shared project, local gitignored, CLI-flag, and managed-policy sources.
Freeze precedence. Document one merge order and keep it consistent across disk reads, UI display, and runtime application.
Make managed policy authoritative. Policy layers should override user-controlled settings and bypass local customization where required.
Validate at the boundary. Parse, coerce, and validate settings before they mutate runtime state.
Fail soft on invalid fragments. Preserve the file on disk, but ignore invalid pieces when safe to do so.
Protect dangerous env and customization surfaces. Whitelist what can be applied automatically; strip or gate anything that could redirect providers or execute shell code.
Separate cache tiers. Keep merged settings, per-source reads, and parsed-file caches distinct so invalidation is targeted and explainable.
Apply changes through one runtime path. Re-read settings, snapshot hooks or dependent callbacks, reload dependent subsystems, and update app state through a single function.
Test hostile cases. Cover malformed JSON, invalid permission rules, drop-in conflicts, managed overrides, and live settings-change notifications.

Host Rules

Keep source precedence explicit and stable.
Always include managed-policy and CLI-flag sources even when users restrict editable sources.
Distinguish editable sources from read-only policy and flag overlays.
Prefer schema validation plus targeted filtering over all-or-nothing rejection when individual rules are bad.
Keep dangerous environment settings and shell-like helper values behind explicit trust gates.
Apply settings changes by recomputing derived runtime state, not by mutating scattered subsystems in place.
Treat plugin-only customization policy as source-aware. Not every settings source is equally trusted to enable plugin surfaces.
Sanitize persisted permission rules after reload before they become active state.

Build Order

Define settings sources and immutable precedence.
Define the canonical merged schema and validation path.
Add managed-policy and CLI-flag overlays.
Add dangerous-surface filtering for env and helper values.
Split merged, per-source, and parsed-file caches.
Implement one runtime re-application path.
Add reload sequencing for caches, hook snapshots, plugins, and UI state.

Core Invariants

Precedence must be identical in disk reads, UI views, and runtime application.
Managed policy overrides user settings even when users can edit local files.
Invalid fragments should not corrupt valid configuration.
Dangerous customization surfaces require explicit trust rules.
Runtime state should be recomputed from merged settings, not patched piecemeal.
Cache invalidation must respect which layer changed: parsed file, source layer, or merged result.

Failure Modes

Different parts of the runtime seeing different precedence orders.
Managed drop-ins loading after user config but before flags in one code path and not another.
Invalid permission rules poisoning the whole settings load.
Reload side effects applying out of order across cache resets, hooks, and app state.
Plugin-only restrictions differing by source because trust class was lost during merge.
Safe-looking env overrides redirecting providers or shell helpers unexpectedly.

Minimal Viable Version

One source-precedence table.
One merged schema and validation pass.
One managed-policy overlay.
One filter for dangerous env or helper surfaces.
One source-aware trust rule for plugin-only or privileged customization.
One central function that reapplies derived runtime state after settings change.

What Strong Implementations Add

Read-only versus editable source distinctions in UI and runtime.
Plugin-only customization restrictions.
Fine-grained invalid-fragment filtering instead of all-or-nothing rejection.
Distinct caches for parsed files, per-source layers, and merged effective settings.
Explicit sequencing for hook snapshots, cache resets, and state reapplication.
Auditability explaining which source won for any effective value.

Known Traps

Letting different subsystems invent their own precedence rules and ending up with settings that disagree between runtime, UI, and policy enforcement.
Treating environment overrides as harmless configuration even when they bypass managed policy or expand the trust boundary.
Reapplying one changed field in place instead of rebuilding the derived state that depends on source layering, hooks, and permissions.
Using one shared cache for parse results, merged settings, and source-specific state, which makes invalidation unreliable.
Hiding policy wins from the effective-settings view and making debugging impossible for operators.

Common Anti-Patterns

Letting every subsystem define its own precedence order.
Treating flags, policy, and user files as one merge layer.
Reapplying only the changed field instead of rebuilding derived state.
Using one undifferentiated settings cache for parse results, source layers, and merged output.
Accepting arbitrary env overrides because they are “just config.”
Hiding managed-policy wins from the effective settings view.

Claude Code: Precedence, Managed Policy, and Cleanup (2026, web-verified)

Verified against code.claude.com/docs/en/settings and code.claude.com/docs/en/hooks on 2026-07-11. The Claude Code precedence order is the reference implementation for the settings-precedence-table.md model in this skill:

managed (highest, cannot be overridden)
  > CLI flags (session-only)
    > .claude/settings.local.json (gitignored; allow rules apply without a trust dialog)
      > .claude/settings.json (project, checked in; requires the trust dialog)
        > ~/.claude/settings.json (user, lowest)

The most common audit mistake is inverting the last three: local is the most specific and highest-precedence editable file, not the least. A clean ~/.claude/settings.json changes nothing in a repo that carries a conflicting .claude/settings.local.json.

cleanupPeriodDays (any editable scope; default 30, minimum 1) controls how many days of session files and other application data Claude Code deletes at startup. Setting it to 0 is a validation error, not "disable cleanup." When auditing a fleet for stale-session accumulation or unexpected data loss, check this key before assuming a bug — 30 days is the shipped default and a lower value elsewhere is a deliberate override, not drift.

Managed-settings-only keys

These keys are honored only when set in managed/enterprise policy; the same key in user or project settings is silently ignored. This is the strongest lockdown class — verify this distinction before telling an operator "just set X in your project settings," because for this table that advice is wrong.

Key	Type	Effect
`allowManagedPermissionRulesOnly`	boolean	User/project permission rules (`allow`/`ask`/`deny`) are ignored; only managed-settings rules apply
`allowManagedHooksOnly`	boolean	Only managed hooks, SDK hooks, and plugin hooks force-enabled via managed `enabledPlugins` load; user/project/other-plugin hooks are blocked
`allowManagedMcpServersOnly`	boolean	Only the managed `allowedMcpServers` allowlist is respected; `deniedMcpServers` still merges from all sources on top of it
`claudeMd`	string	Organization-managed CLAUDE.md-style instructions injected as memory; ignored if set anywhere other than managed/policy settings
`disableSideloadFlags`	boolean	Rejects `--plugin-dir`, `--plugin-url`, `--agents`, and `--mcp-config` CLI flags at startup — closes the loophole where a user could otherwise sideload past `strictKnownMarketplaces` for a single run
`forceRemoteSettingsRefresh`	boolean	Blocks CLI startup until remote managed settings are freshly fetched; the CLI exits on fetch failure rather than falling back to a cached o

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name: ai-coding-agents-settings-policy
description: "Designs settings and policy layers for coding-agent runtimes. Use when modeling source precedence, managed policy, env controls, or runtime settings validation."
compatibility: Portable core. Works on Claude Code and Codex.
version: "1.1"
last_validated: 2026-07-11

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---
name: ai-coding-agents-settings-policy
description: "Designs settings and policy layers for coding-agent runtimes. Use when modeling source precedence, managed policy, env controls, or runtime settings validation."
compatibility: Portable core. Works on Claude Code and Codex.
version: "1.1"
last_validated: 2026-07-11
---

# AI Coding Agents Settings Policy

This skill owns configuration and policy architecture for coding-agent runtimes. For project memory in `AGENTS.md` or `CLAUDE.md`, use [`../agents-memory/SKILL.md`](../agents-memory/SKILL.md).

## ASCII Flow

```text
settings sources
defaults + managed policy + user + project + local + flags + env
|
v
precedence merge
deterministic order + source provenance + plugin-only restrictions
|
v
validation
schema + forbidden keys + unsafe env + unknown options
|
v
runtime application
provider policy + tools + permissions + plugins + UI + cache invalidation
|
v
audit record
effective settings without secrets
```

## Quick Reference

| Question | Read | Outcome |
|----------|------|---------|
| How should settings sources and policy precedence work? | [`references/settings-source-precedence-and-managed-policy.md`](references/settings-source-precedence-and-managed-policy.md) | Source model, merge order, managed policy, plugin-only restrictions |
| How should settings be validated and applied safely? | [`references/settings-validation-and-safe-runtime-application.md`](references/settings-validation-and-safe-runtime-application.md) | Schema validation, invalid-rule handling, safe env controls, runtime re-application |
| What are the exact override examples for each settings layer? | [`references/settings-precedence-table.md`](references/settings-precedence-table.md) | Full precedence table: managed > CLI flags > local > project > user, with concrete examples and cache invalidation |
| Which sources can enable plugin surfaces? | [`references/plugin-only-restriction-recipes.md`](references/plugin-only-restriction-recipes.md) | Trust-class recipes for locking, scoping, and logging plugin-surface activations |
| How is ToolSearch gated by settings policy? | [`references/deferred-tool-policy-layer.md`](references/deferred-tool-policy-layer.md) | Settings keys, policy decision flow, and interaction with tool-pool assembly |
| How does OpenAI Codex separate config layers from managed requirements? | [`references/openai-codex-managed-config-and-requirements.md`](references/openai-codex-managed-config-and-requirements.md) | Layer stack, requirements constraints, managed-hooks-only mode, debug surfaces |

## When To Use

- Design a settings system for a coding-agent CLI or runtime
- Separate user, project, local, flag, and managed policy sources
- Review how managed settings should override user configuration
- Define which environment variables or customization surfaces are safe to accept
- Apply runtime settings changes without restarting the whole process

## Use Other Skills

| Need | Use Instead |
|------|-------------|
| Broader coding-agent architecture | [`../ai-coding-agents/SKILL.md`](../ai-coding-agents/SKILL.md) |
| Tool approval and permission modes | [`../ai-coding-agents-permissions/SKILL.md`](../ai-coding-agents-permissions/SKILL.md) |
| Plugin package architecture | [`../ai-coding-agents-plugins/SKILL.md`](../ai-coding-agents-plugins/SKILL.md) |
| AGENTS.md or CLAUDE.md repo memory | [`../agents-memory/SKILL.md`](../agents-memory/SKILL.md) |
| Generic config or schema design outside agent runtimes | [`../software-devtools/SKILL.md`](../software-devtools/SKILL.md) |

## Default Workflow

1. **Define source layers.** Separate user, shared project, local gitignored, CLI-flag, and managed-policy sources.
2. **Freeze precedence.** Document one merge order and keep it consistent across disk reads, UI display, and runtime application.
3. **Make managed policy authoritative.** Policy layers should override user-controlled settings and bypass local customization where required.
4. **Validate at the boundary.** Parse, coerce, and validate settings before they mutate runtime state.
5. **Fail soft on invalid fragments.** Preserve the file on disk, but ignore invalid pieces when safe to do so.
6. **Protect dangerous env and customization surfaces.** Whitelist what can be applied automatically; strip or gate anything that could redirect providers or execute shell code.
7. **Separate cache tiers.** Keep merged settings, per-source reads, and parsed-file caches distinct so invalidation is targeted and explainable.
8. **Apply changes through one runtime path.** Re-read settings, snapshot hooks or dependent callbacks, reload dependent subsystems, and update app state through a single function.
9. **Test hostile cases.** Cover malformed JSON, invalid permission rules, drop-in conflicts, managed overrides, and live settings-change notifications.

## Host Rules

- Keep source precedence explicit and stable.
- Always include managed-policy and CLI-flag sources even when users restrict editable sources.
- Distinguish editable sources from read-only policy and flag overlays.
- Prefer schema validation plus targeted filtering over all-or-nothing rejection when individual rules are bad.
- Keep dangerous environment settings and shell-like helper values behind explicit trust gates.
- Apply settings changes by recomputing derived runtime state, not by mutating scattered subsystems in place.
- Treat plugin-only customization policy as source-aware. Not every settings source is equally trusted to enable plugin surfaces.
- Sanitize persisted permission rules after reload before they become active state.

## Build Order

1. Define settings sources and immutable precedence.
2. Define the canonical merged schema and validation path.
3. Add managed-policy and CLI-flag overlays.
4. Add dangerous-surface filtering for env and helper values.
5. Split merged, per-source, and parsed-file caches.
6. Implement one runtime re-application path.
7. Add reload sequencing for caches, hook snapshots, plugins, and UI state.

## Core Invariants

- Precedence must be identical in disk reads, UI views, and runtime application.
- Managed policy overrides user settings even when users can edit local files.
- Invalid fragments should not corrupt valid configuration.
- Dangerous customization surfaces require explicit trust rules.
- Runtime state should be recomputed from merged settings, not patched piecemeal.
- Cache invalidation must respect which layer changed: parsed file, source layer, or merged result.

## Failure Modes

- Different parts of the runtime seeing different precedence orders.
- Managed drop-ins loading after user config but before flags in one code path and not another.
- Invalid permission rules poisoning the whole settings load.
- Reload side effects applying out of order across cache resets, hooks, and app state.
- Plugin-only restrictions differing by source because trust class was lost during merge.
- Safe-looking env overrides redirecting providers or shell helpers unexpectedly.

## Minimal Viable Version

- One source-precedence table.
- One merged schema and validation pass.
- One managed-policy overlay.
- One filter for dangerous env or helper surfaces.
- One source-aware trust rule for plugin-only or privileged customization.
- One central function that reapplies derived runtime state after settings change.

## What Strong Implementations Add

- Read-only versus editable source distinctions in UI and runtime.
- Plugin-only customization restrictions.
- Fine-grained invalid-fragment filtering instead of all-or-nothing rejection.
- Distinct caches for parsed files, per-source layers, and merged effective settings.
- Explicit sequencing for hook snapshots, cache resets, and state reapplication.
- Auditability explaining which source won for any effective value.

## Known Traps

- Letting different subsystems invent their own precedence rules and ending up with settings that disagree between runtime, UI, and policy enforcement.
- Treating environment overrides as harmless configuration even when they bypass managed policy or expand the trust boundary.
- Reapplying one changed field in place instead of rebuilding the derived state that depends on source layering, hooks, and permissions.
- Using one shared cache for parse results, merged settings, and source-specific state, which makes invalidation unreliable.
- Hiding policy wins from the effective-settings view and making debugging impossible for operators.

## Common Anti-Patterns

- Letting every subsystem define its own precedence order.
- Treating flags, policy, and user files as one merge layer.
- Reapplying only the changed field instead of rebuilding derived state.
- Using one undifferentiated settings cache for parse results, source layers, and merged output.
- Accepting arbitrary env overrides because they are “just config.”
- Hiding managed-policy wins from the effective settings view.

## Claude Code: Precedence, Managed Policy, and Cleanup (2026, web-verified)

Verified against `code.claude.com/docs/en/settings` and `code.claude.com/docs/en/hooks` on 2026-07-11. The Claude Code precedence order is the reference implementation for the `settings-precedence-table.md` model in this skill:

```
managed (highest, cannot be overridden)
> CLI flags (session-only)
> .claude/settings.local.json (gitignored; allow rules apply without a trust dialog)
> .claude/settings.json (project, checked in; requires the trust dialog)
> ~/.claude/settings.json (user, lowest)
```

The most common audit mistake is inverting the last three: local is the **most** specific and highest-precedence editable file, not the least. A clean `~/.claude/settings.json` changes nothing in a repo that carries a conflicting `.claude/settings.local.json`.

`cleanupPeriodDays` (any editable scope; default `30`, minimum `1`) controls how many days of session files and other application data Claude Code deletes at startup. Setting it to `0` is a validation error, not "disable cleanup." When auditing a fleet for stale-session accumulation or unexpected data loss, check this key before assuming a bug — 30 days is the shipped default and a lower value elsewhere is a deliberate override, not drift.

### Managed-settings-only keys

These keys are honored **only** when set in managed/enterprise policy; the same key in user or project settings is silently ignored. This is the strongest lockdown class — verify this distinction before telling an operator "just set X in your project settings," because for this table that advice is wrong.

| Key | Type | Effect |
|-----|------|--------|
| `allowManagedPermissionRulesOnly` | boolean | User/project permission rules (`allow`/`ask`/`deny`) are ignored; only managed-settings rules apply |
| `allowManagedHooksOnly` | boolean | Only managed hooks, SDK hooks, and plugin hooks force-enabled via managed `enabledPlugins` load; user/project/other-plugin hooks are blocked |
| `allowManagedMcpServersOnly` | boolean | Only the managed `allowedMcpServers` allowlist is respected; `deniedMcpServers` still merges from all sources on top of it |
| `claudeMd` | string | Organization-managed CLAUDE.md-style instructions injected as memory; ignored if set anywhere other than managed/policy settings |
| `disableSideloadFlags` | boolean | Rejects `--plugin-dir`, `--plugin-url`, `--agents`, and `--mcp-config` CLI flags at startup — closes the loophole where a user could otherwise sideload past `strictKnownMarketplaces` for a single run |
| `forceRemoteSettingsRefresh` | boolean | Blocks CLI startup until remote managed settings are freshly fetched; the CLI exits on fetch failure rather than falling back to a cached o

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Source repository: vasilyu1983/AI-Agents-public
License: MIT
Version: 1.0.0
Last GitHub push: Sep 2, 2026
Registry updated: Sep 7, 2026
Instruction path: frameworks/shared-skills/skills/ai-coding-agents-settings-policy/SKILL.md @ 3d5bc7c5b826

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