AstrBot Configuration File

data/cmd_config.json

AstrBot's configuration file is a JSON format file. AstrBot reads this file at startup and initializes based on the settings within. Its path is data/cmd_config.json.

Since AstrBot v4.0.0, we introduced the concept of multiple configuration files. data/cmd_config.json serves as the default configuration default. Other configuration files you create in the WebUI are stored in the data/config/ directory, starting with abconf_.

The default AstrBot configuration is as follows:

{
    "config_version": 2,
    "platform_settings": {
        "unique_session": False,
        "rate_limit": {
            "time": 60,
            "count": 30,
            "strategy": "stall",  # stall, discard
        },
        "reply_prefix": "",
        "forward_threshold": 1500,
        "enable_id_white_list": True,
        "id_whitelist": [],
        "id_whitelist_log": True,
        "wl_ignore_admin_on_group": True,
        "wl_ignore_admin_on_friend": True,
        "reply_with_mention": False,
        "reply_with_quote": False,
        "path_mapping": [],
        "segmented_reply": {
            "enable": False,
            "only_llm_result": True,
            "interval_method": "random",
            "interval": "1.5,3.5",
            "log_base": 2.6,
            "words_count_threshold": 150,
            "regex": ".*?[。？！~…]+|.+$",
            "content_cleanup_rule": "",
        },
        "no_permission_reply": True,
        "empty_mention_waiting": True,
        "empty_mention_waiting_need_reply": True,
        "friend_message_needs_wake_prefix": False,
        "ignore_bot_self_message": False,
        "ignore_at_all": False,
    },
    "provider": [],
    "provider_settings": {
        "enable": True,
        "default_provider_id": "",
        "default_image_caption_provider_id": "",
        "image_caption_prompt": "Please describe the image using Chinese.",
        "provider_pool": ["*"],  # "*" means use all available providers
        "wake_prefix": "",
        "web_search": False,
        "websearch_provider": "tavily",
        "websearch_tavily_key": [],
        "websearch_bocha_key": [],
        "websearch_brave_key": [],
        "web_search_link": False,
        "display_reasoning_text": False,
        "identifier": False,
        "group_name_display": False,
        "datetime_system_prompt": True,
        "default_personality": "default",
        "persona_pool": ["*"],
        "prompt_prefix": "{{prompt}}",
        "max_context_length": -1,
        "dequeue_context_length": 1,
        "streaming_response": False,
        "show_tool_use_status": False,
        "streaming_segmented": False,
        "max_agent_step": 30,
        "tool_call_timeout": 120,
    },
    "provider_stt_settings": {
        "enable": False,
        "provider_id": "",
    },
    "provider_tts_settings": {
        "enable": False,
        "provider_id": "",
        "dual_output": False,
        "use_file_service": False,
    },
    "provider_ltm_settings": {
        "group_icl_enable": False,
        "group_message_max_cnt": 300,
        "image_caption": False,
        "active_reply": {
            "enable": False,
            "method": "possibility_reply",
            "possibility_reply": 0.1,
            "whitelist": [],
        },
    },
    "content_safety": {
        "also_use_in_response": False,
        "internal_keywords": {"enable": True, "extra_keywords": []},
        "baidu_aip": {"enable": False, "app_id": "", "api_key": "", "secret_key": ""},
    },
    "admins_id": ["astrbot"],
    "t2i": False,
    "t2i_word_threshold": 150,
    "t2i_strategy": "remote",
    "t2i_endpoint": "",
    "t2i_use_file_service": False,
    "t2i_active_template": "base",
    "http_proxy": "",
    "no_proxy": ["localhost", "127.0.0.1", "::1"],
    "dashboard": {
        "enable": True,
        "username": "astrbot",
        "password": "77b90590a8945a7d36c963981a307dc9",
        "jwt_secret": "",
        "host": "0.0.0.0",
        "port": 6185,
    },
    "platform": [],
    "platform_specific": {
        # Platform-specific settings: categorized by platform, then by feature group
        "lark": {
            "pre_ack_emoji": {"enable": False, "emojis": ["Typing"]},
        },
        "telegram": {
            "pre_ack_emoji": {"enable": False, "emojis": ["✍️"]},
        },
        "discord": {
            "pre_ack_emoji": {"enable": False, "emojis": ["🤔"]},
        },
    },
    "wake_prefix": ["/"],
    "log_level": "INFO",
    "trace_enable": False,
    "pip_install_arg": "",
    "pypi_index_url": "https://mirrors.aliyun.com/pypi/simple/",
    "persona": [],  # deprecated
    "timezone": "Asia/Shanghai",
    "callback_api_base": "",
    "default_kb_collection": "",  # Default knowledge base name
    "plugin_set": ["*"],  # "*" means use all available plugins, empty list means none
}

Field Details

config_version

Configuration version, do not modify.

platform_settings

General settings for message platform adapters.

platform_settings.unique_session

Whether to enable session isolation. Default is false. When enabled, each person's conversation context in groups or channels is independent.

platform_settings.rate_limit

Strategy when message rate exceeds limits. time is the window, count is the number of messages, and strategy is the limit strategy. stall means wait, discard means drop.

platform_settings.reply_prefix

Fixed prefix string when replying to messages. Default is empty.

platform_settings.forward_threshold

Currently only applicable to the QQ platform adapter.

Message forwarding threshold. When the reply content exceeds a certain number of characters, the bot will fold the message into a QQ group "forwarded message" to prevent spamming.

platform_settings.enable_id_white_list

Whether to enable the ID whitelist. Default is true. When enabled, only messages from IDs in the whitelist will be processed.

platform_settings.id_whitelist

ID whitelist. If filled, only message events from the specified IDs will be processed. Empty means the whitelist filter is not enabled. You can use the /sid command to get the session ID on a platform.

Session IDs can also be found in AstrBot logs; when a message fails the whitelist, an INFO level log is output, e.g., aiocqhttp:GroupMessage:547540978.

platform_settings.id_whitelist_log

Whether to print logs for messages that fail the ID whitelist. Default is true.

platform_settings.wl_ignore_admin_on_group & platform_settings.wl_ignore_admin_on_friend

• wl_ignore_admin_on_group: Whether group messages from admins bypass the ID whitelist. Default is true.

• wl_ignore_admin_on_friend: Whether private messages from admins bypass the ID whitelist. Default is true.

platform_settings.reply_with_mention

Whether to @ mention the user when replying. Default is false.

platform_settings.reply_with_quote

Whether to quote the user's message when replying. Default is false.

platform_settings.path_mapping

This configuration item has been deprecated since v4.0.0.

List of path mappings. Used to replace file paths in messages. Each mapping item contains from and to fields, indicating that from in the message path is replaced with to.

platform_settings.segmented_reply

Segmented reply settings.

• enable: Whether to enable segmented replies. Default is false.
• only_llm_result: Whether to only segment replies generated by the LLM. Default is true.
• interval_method: Method for segmentation intervals. Options are random and log. Default is random.
• interval: Interval time for segmentation. For random, fill in two comma-separated numbers representing min and max intervals (seconds). For log, fill in one number representing the log base. Default is "1.5,3.5".
• log_base: Log base, only applicable when interval_method is log. Default is 2.6.
• words_count_threshold: Character limit for segmented replies. Only messages shorter than this value will be segmented; longer messages will be sent directly (unsegmented). Default is 150.
• regex: Used to split a message. By default, it splits based on punctuation like periods and question marks. re.findall(r'<regex>', text). Default is ".*?[。？！~…]+|.+$".
• content_cleanup_rule: Removes specified content from segments. Supports regex. For example, [。？！] will remove all periods, question marks, and exclamation points. re.sub(r'<regex>', '', text).

platform_settings.no_permission_reply

Whether to reply with a "no permission" prompt when a user lacks authority. Default is true.

platform_settings.empty_mention_waiting

Whether to enable the empty @ waiting mechanism. Default is true. When enabled, if a user sends a message containing only an @ mention of the bot, the bot waits for the user to send the next message within 60 seconds and merges the two for processing. This is particularly useful on platforms that don't support sending @ and voice/images simultaneously.

platform_settings.empty_mention_waiting_need_reply

In the above item (empty_mention_waiting), if waiting is triggered, enabling this will make the bot immediately generate an LLM reply. Otherwise, it just waits without replying. Default is true.

platform_settings.friend_message_needs_wake_prefix

Whether private messages on platforms require a wake prefix. Default is false. When enabled, users must use a wake prefix to trigger a bot response in private chats.

platform_settings.ignore_bot_self_message

Whether to ignore messages sent by the bot itself. Default is false. When enabled, the bot won't process its own messages, preventing infinite loops on some platforms.

platform_settings.ignore_at_all

Whether to ignore @all messages. Default is false. When enabled, the bot won't respond to messages containing @all.

provider

This item only takes effect in data/cmd_config.json; AstrBot does not read this from configuration files in the data/config/ directory.

List of configured model service provider settings.

provider_settings

General settings for LLM providers.

provider_settings.enable

Whether to enable LLM chat. Default is true.

provider_settings.default_provider_id

Default conversation model provider ID. Must be a provider ID already configured in the provider list. If empty, the first provider in the list is used.

provider_settings.default_image_caption_provider_id

Default image captioning model provider ID. Must be a provider ID already configured in the provider list. If empty, image captioning is disabled.

This means when a user sends an image, AstrBot uses this provider to generate a text description, which is then used as part of the conversation context. This is useful when the conversation model doesn't support multimodal input.

provider_settings.image_caption_prompt

Prompt template for image captioning. Default is "Please describe the image using Chinese.".

provider_settings.provider_pool

This configuration item is not yet in actual use.

provider_settings.wake_prefix

Extra trigger condition for LLM chat. For example, if chat is filled, messages must start with /chat to trigger LLM chat, where / is the bot's wake prefix. This is a measure to prevent abuse.

provider_settings.web_search

Whether to enable AstrBot's built-in web search capability. Default is false. When enabled, the LLM may automatically search the web and answer based on the content.

provider_settings.websearch_provider

Web search provider type. Default is tavily. Currently supports tavily, bocha, baidu_ai_search, and brave.

• tavily: Uses the Tavily search engine.
• bocha: Uses the BoCha search engine.
• baidu_ai_search: Uses Baidu AI Search (MCP).
• brave: Uses Brave Search API.

provider_settings.websearch_tavily_key

API Key list for the Tavily search engine. Required when using tavily as the web search provider.

provider_settings.websearch_bocha_key

API Key list for the BoCha search engine. Required when using bocha as the web search provider.

provider_settings.websearch_brave_key

API Key list for the Brave search engine. Required when using brave as the web search provider.

provider_settings.web_search_link

Whether to prompt the model to include links to search results in the reply. Default is false.

provider_settings.display_reasoning_text

Whether to display the model's reasoning process in the reply. Default is false.

provider_settings.identifier

Whether to prepend the group member's name to the prompt so the model better understands the group chat state. Default is false. Enabling this slightly increases token usage.

provider_settings.group_name_display

Whether to let the model know the name of the group it's in. Default is false. This currently only takes effect in the QQ platform adapter.

provider_settings.datetime_system_prompt

Whether to include the current machine date and time in the system prompt. Default is true.

provider_settings.default_personality

ID of the default personality to use. Configure personalities in the WebUI.

provider_settings.persona_pool

This configuration item is not yet in actual use.

provider_settings.prompt_prefix

User prompt. You can use {{prompt}} as a placeholder for user input. If no placeholder is provided, it's prepended to the user input.

provider_settings.max_context_length

When the conversation context exceeds this number, the oldest parts are discarded. One round of chat counts as 1. -1 means no limit.

provider_settings.dequeue_context_length

The number of conversation rounds to discard each time the max_context_length limit is triggered.

provider_settings.streaming_response

Whether to enable streaming responses. Default is false. When enabled, the model's reply is sent to the user in real-time with a typewriter effect. This only takes effect on WebChat, Telegram, and Lark platforms.

provider_settings.show_tool_use_status

Whether to show tool usage status. Default is false. When enabled, the model displays the tool name and input parameters when using a tool.

provider_settings.streaming_segmented

Whether platforms that don't support streaming responses should fall back to segmented replies. Default is false. This means if streaming is enabled but the platform doesn't support it, segmented multiple replies are used instead.

provider_settings.max_agent_step

Limit on the maximum number of Agent steps. Default is 30. Each tool call by the model counts as one step.

provider_settings.tool_call_timeout

Added in v4.3.5

Maximum timeout for tool calls (seconds), default is 60 seconds.

provider_stt_settings

General settings for Speech-to-Text (STT) providers.

provider_stt_settings.enable

Whether to enable STT services. Default is false.

provider_stt_settings.provider_id

STT provider ID. Must be an STT provider ID already configured in the provider list.

provider_tts_settings

General settings for Text-to-Speech (TTS) providers.

provider_tts_settings.enable

Whether to enable TTS services. Default is false.

provider_tts_settings.provider_id

TTS provider ID. Must be a TTS provider ID already configured in the provider list.

provider_tts_settings.dual_output

Whether to enable dual output. Default is false. When enabled, the bot sends both text and voice messages.

provider_tts_settings.use_file_service

Whether to enable the file service. Default is false. When enabled, the bot provides the output voice file as an external HTTP link to the message platform. This depends on the callback_api_base configuration.

provider_ltm_settings

General settings for group chat context awareness providers.

provider_ltm_settings.group_icl_enable

Whether to enable group chat context awareness. Default is false. When enabled, the bot records group chat conversations to better understand context.

The context content is placed in the conversation's system prompt.

provider_ltm_settings.group_message_max_cnt

Maximum number of group chat messages to record. Default is 100. Messages exceeding this count are discarded.

provider_ltm_settings.image_caption

Whether to record images in group chats and automatically generate text descriptions using an image captioning model. Default is false. This depends on the provider_settings.default_image_caption_provider_id configuration. Use with caution as it can significantly increase API calls and token usage.

provider_ltm_settings.active_reply

• enable: Whether to enable active replies. Default is false.
• method: Method for active replies. Option is possibility_reply.
• possibility_reply: Probability of an active reply. Default is 0.1. Only applicable when method is possibility_reply.
• whitelist: ID whitelist for active replies. Only IDs in this list will trigger active replies. Empty means no whitelist filter. You can use the /sid command to get the session ID on a platform.

content_safety

Content safety settings.

content_safety.also_use_in_response

Whether to also perform content safety checks on LLM replies. Default is false. When enabled, bot-generated replies also undergo safety checks to prevent inappropriate content.

content_safety.internal_keywords

Internal keyword detection settings.

• enable: Whether to enable internal keyword detection. Default is true.
• extra_keywords: List of extra keywords, supports regex. Default is empty.

content_safety.baidu_aip

Baidu AI content moderation settings.

• enable: Whether to enable Baidu AI content moderation. Default is false.
• app_id: App ID for Baidu AI content moderation.
• api_key: API Key for Baidu AI content moderation.
• secret_key: Secret Key for Baidu AI content moderation.

[!TIP] To enable Baidu AI content moderation, please pip install baidu-aip first.

admins_id

List of administrator IDs. Additionally, you can use /op and /deop commands to add or remove admins.

t2i

Whether to enable Text-to-Image (T2I) functionality. Default is false. When enabled, if a user's message exceeds a certain character count, the bot renders the message as an image to improve readability and prevent spamming. Supports Markdown rendering.

t2i_word_threshold

Character threshold for T2I. Default is 150. When a message exceeds this count, the bot renders it as an image.

t2i_strategy

Rendering strategy for T2I. Options are local and remote. Default is remote.

• local: Uses AstrBot's local T2I service for rendering. Lower quality but doesn't depend on external services.
• remote: Uses a remote T2I service for rendering. Uses the official AstrBot service by default, which offers better quality.

t2i_endpoint

AstrBot API address. Used for rendering Markdown images. Effective when t2i_strategy is remote. Default is empty, meaning the official AstrBot service is used.

t2i_use_file_service

Whether to enable the file service. Default is false. When enabled, the bot provides the rendered image as an external HTTP link to the message platform. This depends on the callback_api_base configuration.

http_proxy

HTTP proxy. E.g., http://localhost:7890.

no_proxy

List of addresses that bypass the proxy. E.g., ["localhost", "127.0.0.1"].

dashboard

AstrBot WebUI configuration.

Please do not change the password value arbitrarily. It is an md5 encoded password. Change the password in the control panel.

• enable: Whether to enable the AstrBot WebUI. Default is true.
• username: Username for the AstrBot WebUI. Default is astrbot.
• password: Password for the AstrBot WebUI. Default is the md5 encoded value of astrbot. Do not modify directly unless you know what you are doing.
• jwt_secret: JWT secret key. AstrBot generates this randomly at initialization. Do not modify unless you know what you are doing.
• host: Address the AstrBot WebUI listens on. Default is 0.0.0.0.
• port: Port the AstrBot WebUI listens on. Default is 6185.

platform

This item only takes effect in data/cmd_config.json; AstrBot does not read this from configuration files in the data/config/ directory.

List of configured AstrBot message platform adapter settings.

platform_specific

Platform-specific settings. Categorized by platform, then by feature group.

platform_specific.<platform>.pre_ack_emoji

When enabled, AstrBot sends a pre-reply emoji before requesting the LLM to inform the user that the request is being processed. This currently only takes effect in the Lark and Telegram platform adapters.

lark

• enable: Whether to enable pre-reply emojis for Lark messages. Default is false.
• emojis: List of pre-reply emojis. Default is ["Typing"]. Refer to Emoji Documentation for emoji names.

telegram

• enable: Whether to enable pre-reply emojis for Telegram messages. Default is false.
• emojis: List of pre-reply emojis. Default is ["✍️"]. Telegram only supports a fixed set of reactions; refer to reactions.txt.

discord

• enable: Whether to enable pre-reply emojis for Discord messages. Default is false.
• emojis: List of pre-reply emojis. Default is ["🤔"]. Refer to Discord Reaction FAQ.

wake_prefix

Wake prefix. Default is /. When a message starts with /, AstrBot is awakened.

[!TIP] If the awakened session is not in the ID whitelist, AstrBot will not respond.

log_level

Log level. Default is INFO. Can be set to DEBUG, INFO, WARNING, ERROR, CRITICAL.

trace_enable

Whether to enable trace recording. Default is false. When enabled, AstrBot records execution traces, which can be viewed on the Trace page of the admin panel.

pip_install_arg

Arguments for pip install. E.g., -i https://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/pypi/web/simple.

pypi_index_url

PyPI index URL. Default is https://mirrors.aliyun.com/pypi/simple/.

persona

This configuration item has been deprecated since v4.0.0. Please use the WebUI to configure personalities.

List of configured personalities. Each personality contains id, name, description, and system_prompt fields.

timezone

Timezone setting. Please fill in an IANA timezone name, such as Asia/Shanghai. If empty, the system default timezone is used. See all timezones at: IANA Time Zone Database.

callback_api_base

Base address for the AstrBot API. Used for file services, plugin callbacks, etc. E.g., http://example.com:6185. Default is empty, meaning file services and plugin callbacks are disabled.

default_kb_collection

Default knowledge base name. Used for RAG. If empty, no knowledge base is used.

plugin_set

List of enabled plugins. * means all available plugins are enabled. Default is ["*"].