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Settings and appearance
Every setting in one place, searchable with ⌘F. Here is what lives where, and how to make AyCode look the way you like.
Where things are
| Group | Sections |
|---|---|
| Basics | Overview, General, Appearance, Shortcuts |
| Agents | Providers, Second Brain, MCP servers, Modules, Usage |
| On the go | Phone, Cloud |
| Tools | AyNotes, Quick chat, AppShot, Island, History |
| App | Move in, Updates, About |
Appearance
- Light, dark or system, and thirteen colour themes: AyCode, Graphite, Midnight, Nord, Catppuccin, Tokyo Night, Dracula, Rosé Pine, Solarized, Gruvbox, One Dark, Kanagawa and GitHub. A VS Code theme can be imported.
- Accent colour, higher contrast, corners, fonts for answers and code, text size and chat width.
- Backgrounds (stars, aurora, waves or none), motion (system, reduced, full) and density.
- Diffs in blue and orange instead of green and red, for colour blindness.
- App icon, a translucent sidebar and the companion figure.
General
- Language (German, English or system), how to send (Enter or ⌘Enter) and the default permission mode.
- Notifications when an agent waits, a number on the Dock icon and a menu bar icon with running agents and remaining quota.
- Datenschutz-Schleuse (privacy gate): e-mail addresses, phone numbers, IP addresses, IBANs and known keys leave your computer only as placeholders. The traffic light in the input field shows what would be sent.
- Screensaver (Mac): six designs, from a big clock to a pixel village.
MCP servers and modules
MCP servers gives your agents extra tools. Add your own, test them, paste JSON, or take over the ones found in your agent apps. Decide who gets them: automatically, on click, or only when mentioned with @.
Modules bundle skills, MCP servers, templates and starter tasks for a field of work, such as bookkeeping or a training report. Public modules must be signed, and you trust a publisher once.
History
When switched on, Verlauf notes which app is in front and which chats you had, and your default provider summarises it into a short diary. Passwords and screenshots are never taken, password apps are excluded, and you can pause it for an hour. Wohin die Zeit ging shows where your time went, Stundenzettel copies a day as Markdown for a timesheet.