Configuration

Config File

Location: ~/.ix/config.yaml

endpoint: http://localhost:8090
format: text
workspaces:
  - workspace_name: my-project
    root_path: /Users/me/my-project
    default: true

Key	Default	Description
`endpoint`	`http://localhost:8090`	Memory Layer URL
`format`	`text`	Default output format (`text` or `json`)

Variable	Description
`IX_HOME`	Override Ix home directory (default: `~/.ix`)
`IX_ENDPOINT`	Override Memory Layer endpoint
`IX_VERSION`	Pin install version
`IX_SKIP_BACKEND`	Set to `1` to skip backend in installer
`IX_SKIP_HOOKS`	Set to `1` to skip Claude Code hooks in installer
`GITHUB_TOKEN`	GitHub token for `--github` ingestion

Workspaces let Ix remember project roots. When you run ix init or ix map in a directory, it registers as a workspace.

# Show config including workspaces
ix config show

# Set a value
ix config set endpoint http://localhost:8090

# Get a value
ix config get format

Every command supports --format json for machine-readable output. This is useful for: