The latest articles on DEV Community by Haruki Kuriwada (@kuri-sun). https://dev.to/kuri-sun https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F3925211%2F91b5fad7-4426-42f2-a8c8-d3cf7a67557b.png https://dev.to/kuri-sun en Haruki Kuriwada Tue, 12 May 2026 05:00:26 +0000 https://dev.to/kuri-sun/i-built-a-cli-to-view-your-effective-claude-code-config-across-all-4-scopes-2pil https://dev.to/kuri-sun/i-built-a-cli-to-view-your-effective-claude-code-config-across-all-4-scopes-2pil <p>Hey folks! 👋</p> <p>I use Claude Code every day, but honestly I'm never quite sure which config is <em>actually</em> in effect... 🤔</p> <ul> <li>Does <code>User</code> scope's rules override <code>Local</code> scope's rules? 💭</li> <li>Does <code>Managed</code> scope's settings override <code>Local</code> scope's settings? 💭</li> <li>...and so on.</li> </ul> <p>I can never remember the precedence rules, so I built a tool that just shows you the effective Claude Code config for the current session across <a href="https://code.claude.com/docs/en/settings#configuration-scopes" rel="noopener noreferrer">all 4 scopes (Managed / User / Project / Local)</a>.</p> <h2> Try it </h2> <p>No install needed:<br> </p> <div class="highlight js-code-highlight"> <pre class="highlight shell"><code>npx cc-config-viewer@latest </code></pre> </div> <h2> Features </h2> <ul> <li> <strong>See the effective config</strong> — what's actually being applied right now.</li> <li> <strong>Edit/view configurations for all scopes from a single UI</strong> — no more jumping between files.</li> <li> <strong>Backed by <a href="https://www.schemastore.org/claude-code-settings.json" rel="noopener noreferrer">the official Claude Code JSON Schema</a></strong> — so it stays in sync with what Claude Code actually understands.</li> </ul> <p>Feedback and issues very welcome 🙏</p> <p>GitHub: <a href="https://github.com/kuri-sun/cc-config-viewer" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://github.com/kuri-sun/cc-config-viewer</a></p> cli opensource claude ai