editing-letta-code-desktop-preferences

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Edits Letta Code Desktop (LCD) preferences by safely reading and updating ~/.letta/desktop_preferences.json. Use only when the user asks to change current Desktop/LCD settings such as theme, default working directory, remote access preference, or remote environment name via the preferences JSON.

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Editing Letta Code Desktop Preferences

Use this skill only to edit the active Letta Code Desktop preferences JSON file. Do not use it for Desktop product-code changes, Electron IPC work, UI changes, or general Letta Cloud Desktop implementation tasks.

Preferences file

The Desktop preferences file is:

~/.letta/desktop_preferences.json

Known preference keys:

defaultWorkingDirectory: default folder for new local sessions.
theme: auto, light, or dark.
allowRemoteAccess: boolean for whether remote access should be enabled in preferences.
remoteEnvName: environment name shown for remote access.

Workflow

Read the existing JSON first.
Preserve unknown keys.
Merge only the requested preference updates.
Write pretty JSON with a trailing newline.
Do not edit token, provider, secret, agent, conversation, memory, or unrelated state files.
Tell the user that the change applies live only if their Desktop build watches preference-file changes; otherwise they should reload/restart Desktop or use Preferences → General.

Safe edit command

Use a merge-style edit like this, changing only the requested keys:

node - <<'NODE'
const fs = require('fs');
const os = require('os');
const path = require('path');

const file = path.join(os.homedir(), '.letta', 'desktop_preferences.json');
fs.mkdirSync(path.dirname(file), { recursive: true });

const current = fs.existsSync(file)
  ? JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(file, 'utf8'))
  : {};

const next = {
  ...current,
  // Example update. Replace this with the user's requested setting.
  theme: 'dark',
};

fs.writeFileSync(file, JSON.stringify(next, null, 2) + '\n');
NODE

Validation

After editing, read the file back or parse it to confirm valid JSON:

node -e "JSON.parse(require('fs').readFileSync(require('os').homedir() + '/.letta/desktop_preferences.json', 'utf8')); console.log('desktop_preferences.json is valid')"