scriptorium/docs/config.md

# 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 v0.9.0 format reference](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit/src/tag/v0.9.0/docs/formats.md).
For command syntax, see the [CLI reference](cli.md); for HTTP request shapes and
outcomes, see the [HTTP API reference](api.md).

## 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](../examples/config.yml) and
[complete configuration](../examples/config.full.yml) 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`. |
| `backends` | unset | Optional mapping of custom Promptkit backend IDs to engine-scoped connection and capacity settings. |

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

## Custom Backends

Use `backends` when a profile selects an application-defined backend ID:

```yaml
backends:
  local-gpu:
    endpoint: http://localhost:11434/v1
    api_key_env: LOCAL_GPU_API_KEY
    extra_params:
      provider_option: enabled
    concurrency_limit: 2
    queue_capacity: 0
```

Each mapping key is the case-sensitive backend ID. `endpoint` is required;
`api_key_env`, `extra_params`, `concurrency_limit`, and `queue_capacity` are
optional. `concurrency_limit: 0` leaves the backend unlimited. Omitting
`queue_capacity` lets Promptkit use its default for a limited backend, while
an explicit `queue_capacity: 0` disables queueing.

Configuration strictly owns the YAML shape and rejects unknown fields. Promptkit
validates backend IDs, endpoints, environment-variable names, extra parameters,
and capacity relationships when Scriptorium constructs its engine. There are no
backend command-line overrides. Store only an environment-variable name in
`api_key_env`; raw API-key fields are not accepted.

## 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](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit/src/tag/v0.9.0/docs/formats.md)
for all of those definitions. The files under
[`examples/prompts`](../examples/prompts/),
[`examples/profiles`](../examples/profiles/), and
[`examples/schemas`](../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.

An optional `api_key_env` whose environment value is absent or empty can result
in an unauthenticated provider request. A profile that declares credentials
required still fails as an invalid request when no credential source is
selected, and fails with `ErrAPIKeyEnvMissing` when its selected environment
source is absent or empty. Scriptorium never reads or emits the environment
value itself.

Unset optional provider controls are omitted from compatible provider requests.
A positive Promptkit `repair_attempts` budget can add provider calls, latency,
token use, and cost; see the tagged format reference for its permitted values
and validation-mode requirements.

Promptkit's
[OpenAI-compatible integration contract](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit/src/tag/v0.9.0/docs/integrations/openai-compatible-chat.md)
defines outbound authentication, provider request mapping, transport limits,
and timeout layering.

## Related References

- [CLI reference](cli.md)
- [HTTP API reference](api.md)
- [Operations guide](operations.md)
- [Promptkit framework formats](https://gitea.maximumdirect.net/eric/promptkit/src/tag/v0.9.0/docs/formats.md)