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Configuration Reference

This is the canonical reference for Scriptorium application settings. Prompt, profile, schema, execution-setting, built-in profile, and framework credential semantics are defined by the Promptkit v0.1.0 format reference. For command syntax, see the CLI reference; for HTTP request shapes and outcomes, see the HTTP API reference.

Discovery And Precedence

Application settings are resolved in this order:

  1. built-in Scriptorium defaults;
  2. a configuration file; then
  3. CLI overrides.

When --config is omitted, Scriptorium searches /usr/local/etc/scriptorium/config.yml and then /etc/scriptorium/config.yml. If neither exists, it uses built-in defaults. An explicit --config path must exist and decode successfully.

The maintained minimal configuration and complete configuration are copyable examples.

Application Configuration File

Configuration is strict YAML: unknown fields are rejected. Empty string values do not override a prior value. Raw API-key fields are not accepted.

Field Default Meaning
prompt_dir unset Promptkit prompt-definition source directory. run, render, and serve require an effective value.
profile_dir unset Optional custom Promptkit profile source directory overlaid on Promptkit built-ins.
schema_dir . Promptkit schema source directory for relative schema paths.
server.addr :8080 Address used by serve.
server.artifact_root unset Root that enables HTTP file input references.
server.max_request_bytes 16777216 Maximum encoded HTTP request-body bytes; 0 disables the limit.
server.max_artifact_bytes 16777216 Maximum HTTP file-input artifact bytes; 0 disables the limit.
server.max_response_bytes 16777216 Maximum encoded HTTP response bytes; 0 disables the limit.
defaults.render_format text Default prepared-run output format: text or json.

The size fields must be zero or greater. The HTTP API defines how each limit is enforced and reported. server.artifact_root configures an HTTP deployment boundary; see operations for deployment handling.

Framework Source Mapping

Scriptorium passes prompt_dir, profile_dir, and schema_dir to Promptkit when constructing its engine. Scriptorium does not redefine or independently parse those framework file formats.

  • Prompt selection, versions, message templates, inputs, output contracts, and session IDs are Promptkit contracts.
  • Profile fields, numeric ranges, execution defaults, overlay precedence, built-in profiles, and credential rules are Promptkit contracts.
  • Schema path behavior and generated-content validation are Promptkit contracts.

See the tagged Promptkit format reference for all of those definitions. The files under examples/prompts, examples/profiles, and examples/schemas are maintained Scriptorium application inputs using that tagged format.

Credentials And Outbound Behavior

Scriptorium maps --api-key-env and HTTP model.api_key_env into Promptkit request overrides. Keep secret values in environment variables and store only their names in configuration or framework source files. Do not place raw keys in configuration, prompts, profiles, CLI arguments, examples, or HTTP payloads.

Promptkit's OpenAI-compatible integration contract defines outbound authentication, provider request mapping, transport limits, and timeout layering.