# 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.