[FEATURE]: Desktop shouldn't require code or configuration files for settings #61628

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1. opencodejr commented on Nov 4, 2026

   

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   Thanks for the suggestion, @simonaubertbd!

   You're asking for the Desktop app to let you configure everything from its Settings screens, so you never have to edit config files. That includes custom providers, MCP servers and skills, which would make the app more usable for non-technical users. The maintainers will consider it.

   These existing issues each cover part of this, if you want to follow or upvote them:

   • [FEATURE]: Feature Request: Add GUI Options to Edit Custom Providers and Manage Model Lists #33704: GUI for editing custom providers and managing model lists
   • desktop: custom provider form cannot set context/output limits, reasoning effort, or discover models #57325: the Desktop custom provider form can't set context/output limits, reasoning effort or discover models
   • [FEATURE]: Add MCP server setup and connection testing to Desktop #40335: MCP server setup and connection testing in Desktop
   • [FEATURE]: MCP manager - a schema-aware MCP config editor surface #58654: a schema-aware MCP config editor
   • [FEATURE]: desktop: show project-level skills in Settings → Extensions → Skills #53716: show project-level skills in Settings → Extensions → Skills
   • [FEATURE]: Desktop Environment panel — skills, plugins, MCPs, loaded instructions + per-session context cost #48252: Desktop Environment panel for skills, plugins, MCPs and loaded instructions
   • [FEATURE]: GUI for per-model profile/context parameters (system prompt, temperature, context window) #46153: GUI for per-model parameters
   • v2: no credential path for custom provider IDs breaks adding custom providers from GUI clients #51527 and desktop: custom provider save always throws "unavailable on this server" #50650: open bugs where adding a custom provider from the Desktop/GUI fails, which is related to what you hit in Сustom provider? #59603