Settings

Open Settings with the cog or Ctrl + ,. Search finds any setting. Settings that belong to a host (approvals, workspace, commands) apply to the host picked at the top.

General

Setting
Approval mode	How much bots ask before acting. See Approvals.
Waiting for approval	How long approval and question cards wait (30 minutes by default).
Workspace folder	Where bots on the host read and write files.
Open links from chats in	Your default browser, or the built-in browser beside the chat.
Honesty check	When a reply says something was done (sent, created, saved) without using any tool, the bot is asked once to check before you see it.
Start with Windows	Opens InkBot when you sign in. With Run in the tray on, it starts in the tray.
Run in the tray	Closing the window keeps InkBot running in the notification area, so bots, routines and background tasks keep working. Right-click the icon to quit.
Updates	Your version. Windows checks for a newer one each time InkBot starts.
Commands that run without asking	The host's command allowlist.

Appearance

Six themes, applied as soon as you pick one: Charcoal (the default), Midnight, Forest, Dusk, Ember and Light.

Notifications

Windows notifications for bots finishing work, approvals and questions, and incidents, when they happen in a chat you're not looking at.

Voice

The dictate button (Ctrl + Shift + Space: tap to start and stop, or hold to talk) uses either Windows voice typing or a speech model on this PC (whisper.cpp, which InkBot downloads; it uses your NVIDIA GPU when there is one). With the speech model, text appears every few seconds while you talk.

Browser and Computers

See The built-in browser and Computers.

Team

Setting
Servers reach each other directly	Servers hand work to each other with the app closed.
Retry failed hand-offs	Work that fails with a passing error (a rate limit, a timeout) is tried once more after about a minute and a half.
Chief of Staff handles incidents	Your Chief of Staff hears about failed or stuck work first, and retries or reassigns it when the fix is clear.
Goal round limit / Goal time limit	Defaults for group goals.

Routines & webhooks

• Catch up on missed routines: a routine due while InkBot was closed runs when you open it, if it was due in the last 12 hours.
• Receive webhooks on this PC and the Webhook port (8737 by default).

Data & backup

• Export saves bots, optionally their chats, and your settings to a .inkbot file: a backup, or a way to move to another PC or a server. Passwords, API keys and plugin sign-ins never go into the file.
• Import adds bots and settings from a .inkbot file. You see what's in it first, and nothing is deleted. Afterwards it lists what you still need to do, such as reconnecting a plugin or adding a login's password.
• The data folder and workspace folder for each host.

Manage

The rest of Settings manages things on each host: Models & API keys, Local models, Plugins, Logins, Skills, Routines & triggers, Team memory, Incidents, Usage and Servers.