Settings

All settings live under bitvanes.* in settings.json.

Walkthrough

Setting	Default	Description
bitvanes.walkthrough.style	standard	Audience tuning for AI walkthrough explanations: expert (terse, high-signal, risk-focused), standard (what + why), learner (plain language, syntax explained, jargon defined). Instant mode is unaffected

Model

Setting	Default	Description
bitvanes.llm.provider	auto	auto (Copilot first, then the configured endpoint), vscode-lm, or openai-compatible
bitvanes.llm.baseUrl	http://localhost:11434/v1	OpenAI-compatible base URL. Ollama :11434/v1, LM Studio :1234/v1, vLLM :8000/v1, OpenAI https://api.openai.com/v1, Anthropic https://api.anthropic.com/v1, OpenRouter https://openrouter.ai/api/v1
bitvanes.llm.modelId	(empty)	Model ID for the endpoint, e.g. qwen2.5-coder:14b, gpt-4o, claude-sonnet-4-20250514. Ignored for Copilot
bitvanes.llm.temperature	0.2	Low keeps schema-accurate JSON
bitvanes.llm.maxTokens	4096	Max tokens requested from the model
bitvanes.llm.maxSteps	12	Cap on walkthrough length (1–50)
bitvanes.llm.contextLines	6	Context lines padded around each diff hunk in the prompt

Playback

Setting	Default	Description
bitvanes.autoplay.intervalMs	4000	Delay between autoplay steps (min 1000); manual navigation pauses autoplay

Editor

Setting	Default	Description
bitvanes.editor.spotlightColor	#f59e0b	Spotlight border color (hex)
bitvanes.editor.dimOpacity	0.3	Opacity for code outside the active scope

TIP

API keys are deliberately not settings — run BitVanes: Set API Key for External LLM Provider instead, which stores them in VS Code SecretStorage.