A precision tool for managing Claude settings, MCP server toggles, and automation hooks across user and project scopes.
Install & Download
1. ClawHub CLI
The fastest way to install a skill directly from the registry.
npx clawhub@latest install claude-code-claude-settings-editor
2. Manual Installation
Copy the skill folder to one of these locations
~/.openclaw/skills/ <project>/skills/ Priority: Workspace > Local > Bundled
3. Prompt Installation
Copy this prompt to OpenClaw to install it automatically.
Help me install claude-code-claude-settings-editor using Clawhub. If Clawhub is not installed, install it first (npm i -g clawhub).
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What is Claude Settings Editor?
The Claude Settings Editor is a specialized utility designed to manage the complex configuration ecosystem of Claude environments. It provides a safe, scope-aware interface for modifying settings.json, local overrides, and intricate hook configurations without risking file corruption or unintended global changes. By focusing on granular updates rather than wholesale file replacement, it ensures that your AI development environment remains stable and secure.
Built as part of the Openclaw Skills ecosystem, this tool handles the delicate balance of managing permissions, plugins, and Model Context Protocol (MCP) configurations. It allows developers to pivot between user-level preferences and project-specific requirements seamlessly, ensuring that every AI agent interaction is governed by the correct set of rules and capabilities.
Claude Settings Editor Use Cases
- Safely updating project-specific
settings.jsonwithout affecting global user preferences. - Toggling Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers for specific development tasks.
- Configuring automation hooks and permissions for AI agents to interact with local file systems.
- Managing local overrides for API keys, plugins, or experimental Claude features.
How Claude Settings Editor Works
- Scope Identification: The skill evaluates whether the intended change belongs at the user, project, or local scope level to ensure proper precedence.
- State Validation: It performs a read operation on the existing configuration file to establish a baseline and avoid overwriting concurrent changes.
- Delta Application: The tool applies the smallest valid JSON patch possible to implement the requested configuration change.
- Syntax & Integrity Check: It validates the resulting JSON to ensure that hooks, permissions, and server toggles remain syntactically correct.
- Impact Reporting: The skill provides a summary of the changes, explaining the scope applied and highlighting any potential security risks associated with modified permissions.
Claude Settings Editor Setup
To integrate this capability into your environment, ensure you have the Openclaw Skills framework installed and the core configuration utilities enabled.
# Install the core configuration package
npm install @openclaw/skill-config-editor
# Verify source provenance
ls src/skills/bundled/updateConfig.ts
Claude Settings Editor Data Schema & Taxonomy
The skill interacts with standard JSON configuration structures and maintains a strict taxonomy for metadata management:
| Component | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
scope |
String | Defines the precedence (user, project, or local) |
settings.json |
File | The primary target for persistent configuration |
hooks |
Array | Metadata defining automation triggers and agent permissions |
mcp_servers |
Object | Toggles and connection strings for Model Context Protocol integrations |
local_overrides |
File | Environment-specific settings that take top priority |
Claude Settings Editor Advanced Features
- Scope Awareness & Precedence: Automatically determines whether a setting should be applied globally or restricted to a specific directory.
- Atomic JSON Updates: Prevents data loss by performing targeted key-value updates instead of replacing entire configuration files.
- Risk Assessment Alerts: Generates warnings when widening permissions or modifying high-impact automation hooks.
- MCP Integration Support: Streamlines the process of enabling or disabling specific MCP servers for diverse Openclaw Skills workflows.
- Syntactic Guardrails: Built-in validation to ensure that any change to the JSON structure remains parseable by the Claude IDE.
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