Overview

The General tab contains application-wide settings for appearance, your default Codex configuration, Git preferences, workspace storage, notifications, message input, and tags.

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Appearance

Customise how the application looks and feels:

• Theme - Choose between Light and Dark colour schemes
• Language - Select your preferred language (Browser Default follows your system language)

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Default Codex Configuration

Set the Codex configuration that will be used by default when creating new issue workspaces, Main Chat threads, or follow-up messages.

• Configuration - Choose your preferred Codex variant such as DEFAULT, SAFE, or HIGH_REASONING
• Variant behaviour - Each configuration can set sandbox mode, approval level, reasoning effort, and prompt extensions

The selected configuration appears pre-selected in the creation flows, saving time when you repeatedly use the same setup.

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Git

Configure git branch naming and workspace storage preferences.

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Branch Prefix

Set a prefix for auto-generated branch names. When you create a new workspace or task, Jaidu automatically creates a git branch for your changes.

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Workspace Directory

Specify the base directory where the selected host stores workspace data. New workspaces are created under that host-managed workspace directory.

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Notifications

Configure how Jaidu alerts you about workspace progress and status changes.

• Sound Effects - Play audio notifications when tasks complete or need attention
• Push Notifications - Receive browser notifications when Jaidu is not in focus

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Telemetry

Enable or disable telemetry data collection to help improve Jaidu.

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Message Input

Choose the keyboard shortcut to send messages in the chat input (Enter or ⌘/Ctrl + Enter).

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Tags

Create reusable text snippets that can be inserted into workspace prompts and follow-up messages using @tag_name.