Config Files
dxai’s own state
Section titled “dxai’s own state”| Path | Contents |
|---|---|
~/.dxai/profiles/<name>.json | Saved user profiles |
~/.dxai/config.json | User-level default profile (auto-loaded) |
~/.dxairc / ~/.dxairc.json | Alternate user-level default profile |
~/.dxai/manifest.json | Record of system-level installs |
~/.dxai/cache/<name>.json | Cached registry from dxai update |
./.dxai/profile.json | Project-local profile (commit this) |
./.dxai/manifest.json | Record of project-level installs |
Per-tool config files dxai writes
Section titled “Per-tool config files dxai writes”| Tool | Format | Global path | Project path |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cursor | JSON | ~/.cursor/mcp.json | ./.cursor/mcp.json |
| Claude Code | CLI (claude mcp add) | n/a | n/a |
| VS Code / Copilot | JSON | ~/Library/Application Support/Code/User/mcp.json (macOS) · ~/.config/Code/User/mcp.json (Linux) · %APPDATA%\Code\User\mcp.json (Windows) | ./.vscode/mcp.json |
| OpenAI Codex CLI | TOML | ~/.codex/config.toml | n/a |
| Gemini CLI | JSON | ~/.gemini/settings.json | ./.gemini/settings.json |
| Windsurf | JSON | ~/.codeium/windsurf/mcp_config.json | n/a |
| Google Antigravity | JSON | ~/.gemini/antigravity/mcp_config.json | n/a |
Backups
Section titled “Backups”Any time dxai modifies an existing config file, it creates a timestamped backup sibling first:
~/.cursor/mcp.json.bak.2026-04-26T10-15-30Use dxai cleanup to remove backups and managed entries.