Settings
Output Style
Controls how Maxy communicates with you.
| Style | Behaviour |
|---|---|
default | Concise, direct responses — gets to the point |
explanatory | More detailed responses with educational context — explains reasoning and trade-offs |
Changing output style: Tell Maxy "Switch to explanatory mode" or "Use default output style."
Changes take effect on the next session. The current session continues with the existing style.
Effort Level
Controls how much work Maxy puts into each task — specifically, how many steps it takes before stopping and checking with you.
| Level | Max turns | Use when |
|---|---|---|
low | 5 | Quick questions, simple lookups |
medium | 10 | Standard tasks — most daily use |
high | 20 | Complex multi-step tasks |
auto | 20 | Let Maxy decide (same ceiling as high) |
max | 40 | Long autonomous workflows |
Changing effort level: Tell Maxy "Set effort to high" or "Use low effort mode."
Changes take effect on the next session.
Thinking View
Controls how Maxy's thinking process is displayed in the chat.
| Mode | Behaviour |
|---|---|
default | Thinking steps shown expanded, tool use collapsed |
expanded | Everything shown expanded — thinking, tool use, and results |
collapsed | Everything collapsed — compact view, expand on tap |
Changing thinking view: Tell Maxy "Show thinking by default", "Show everything expanded", or "Hide thinking."
Changes take effect on the next session.
Viewing Current Settings
Ask Maxy: "What are my current settings?" or "What output style am I using?"
Default Agent
Controls which public agent serves the root URL (/). Visitors who go to your public site without specifying an agent slug see this agent.
Changing the default agent: Tell Maxy "Make sales the default agent" or "Set the default to support."
The change takes effect on the next page load. The previous default agent remains accessible at its /{slug} URL.
Account Preferences
You can ask Maxy to show or change any of the following:
- Default agent (which public agent serves the root URL)
- Admin model (which Claude model powers the admin agent)
- Public model (which Claude model powers the public agent)
- Output style
- Effort level
- Context mode
- Enabled plugins
Tell Maxy what you want to change and it handles the rest.
PIN
Your admin PIN is set during initial setup. To change it, ask Maxy: "Change my admin PIN."
Maxy will ask for your current PIN to verify, then set the new one.
Adding admins
To add another admin to your account, tell Maxy: "Add {name} as an admin with PIN {pin}." Maxy creates the device-level user entry (users.json), the account-level role entry (account.json admins[]), and the graph identity (Neo4j AdminUser node) — the three stores stay in lockstep. If any leg fails, Maxy returns an error naming exactly which store is dirty and what was already written; the admin record is partial and may need manual reconciliation. PINs are unique across all users on the device — a new admin needs a PIN no one else on the device is using.
If you ask Maxy to add an admin with a specific PIN and it returns a tier-cap or PIN-collision error, repeat the request with the same PIN every time you retry — otherwise Maxy auto-generates a different 4-digit PIN, silently substituting what you asked for.