{
  // Model used to generate commit messages. Omit to inherit the current pi model.
  "model": "openai-codex/gpt-5.4-mini",

  // Message generation: "ai" uses a model; "fallback" skips AI and uses changed-file heuristics.
  "messageMode": "ai",

  // Maximum time to wait for AI message generation before falling back. Set 0 to disable.
  "messageTimeoutMs": 45000,

  // Maximum generated tokens for commit-message generation, including reasoning/thinking tokens.
  "messageMaxTokens": 1024,

  // Maximum final commit-message characters. Set 0 to disable AI shortening/post-processing.
  "maxMessageChars": 600,

  // Change selection mode: "staged" commits only staged changes; "all" stages all changes first.
  "defaultMode": "all",

  // Discover and commit dirty nested submodules before committing the parent repository.
  "recursive": true,

  // Conversation context for message generation: "none", "recent", or "session".
  "contextMode": "recent",

  // Number of latest user prompts included when contextMode is "recent".
  "recentPromptCount": 5,

  // Maximum conversation context size passed to the message generator.
  "maxContextBytes": 8000,

  // Maximum staged diff size passed to the message generator for each repository. Set 0 to omit full diffs.
  "maxDiffBytes": 30000,

  // Ask before creating commits in interactive UI mode. Set false to behave like --yes.
  "confirmBeforeCommit": true,

  // Include a timing breakdown in autocommit output.
  "profile": false
}