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Setting Default Description
openfiles.mode "open" What to do when an agent edits a file. (open, queue, notify)
openfiles.openInBackground true Open changed files without stealing focus from the terminal or the file you’re in.
openfiles.maxAutoOpen 15 Stop auto-opening after this many files in a session; the rest are listed in AI Edits. 0 never auto-opens.
openfiles.closeReviewedTabs false Close a file’s tab when you mark it as reviewed.
openfiles.ignore ["**/.git/**","**/.openfiles/**","**/node_modules/**","**/dist/**","**/build/**","**/out/**","**/coverage/**","**/.next/**","**/.dart_tool/**","**/target/**","**/bin/**","**/obj/**","**/__pycache__/**","**/.venv/**","**/*.log","**/package-lock.json","**/pnpm-lock.yaml","**/yarn.lock","**/bun.lock","**/Cargo.lock","**/poetry.lock","**/.claude/**","**/.codex/**","**/.gemini/**","**/.cursor/**"] Glob patterns that are never tracked. files.exclude and .gitignore are respected too.
openfiles.sensitive ["**/.env","**/.env.*","**/*.pem","**/*.key","**/*.pfx","**/*.p12","**/credentials.*","**/secrets/**"] Glob patterns that are tracked but never opened automatically (secrets, keys).
openfiles.detection.watcher true Detect files changed on disk by anything other than this editor.
openfiles.detection.git true Use the Git extension to find uncommitted changes and to ignore branch switches.
openfiles.detection.hooks true Read edits reported by agent hooks (.openfiles/queue.jsonl).
openfiles.detection.burstLimit 200 If more files than this change within 2 seconds (installs, builds, checkouts), list them instead of opening them.
openfiles.detection.editorSaveGraceMs 1500 Changes within this many milliseconds of a save in the editor are treated as yours, not the agent’s.
openfiles.diagnostics.export true Write problems for AI-edited files to .openfiles/diagnostics.json so agents can read them.
openfiles.hooks.feedback "errorsAndWarnings" What agent hooks send back to the agent after an edit. (errors, errorsAndWarnings, off)
openfiles.hooks.feedbackTimeoutMs 4000 How long a hook waits for language servers before letting the agent continue.
openfiles.statusBar.enabled true Show OpenFiles in the status bar.
openfiles.statusBar.items ["unreviewed","errors","warnings"] What the status bar item shows, in order.
openfiles.statusBar.clickAction "menu" What clicking the status bar item does. (menu, reviewNext, openAiEdits, showProblems, focusSidebar)
openfiles.statusBar.alignment "left" Which side of the status bar to use. (left, right)
openfiles.configFile ".openfiles.json" Workspace-relative path of the profiles file.
openfiles.heartbeatSeconds 5 How often the list of open tabs is published to .openfiles/vscode/ for agents and hooks.