Config

The cem config command group helps you create, inspect, and validate CEM configuration files.

Subcommands

cem config init

Interactive wizard that detects your project’s settings and generates a .config/cem.yaml file.

cem config init

The wizard inspects your project for TypeScript source files, existing manifests, demo HTML files, tsconfig.json settings, and git remote URLs, then pre-fills sensible defaults. You can review and adjust each setting before the config file is written.

cem config show

Print the fully resolved configuration, including workspace inheritance.

cem config show
cem config show --format json

This shows the merged result after config file loading and workspace cascade, so you can verify exactly what cem will use.

cem config validate

Check the config file for invalid values, unreachable glob patterns, and missing files.

cem config validate

Runs both schema validation (correct field names and types) and semantic checks (do your glob patterns match any files? does your output directory exist? are URL rewrites valid?). Reports errors with file, line, and column positions.

cem config mcp

Generate MCP configuration snippets for AI tools.

cem config mcp

In interactive mode (TTY), presents a menu to select your tools and configure options. In non-interactive mode, use --tool to specify tools directly:

cem config mcp --tool "Claude Code" --tool "Cursor"

Supported tools: Claude Code, Claude Desktop, Cursor, VS Code (Copilot), Zed, and Other.

cem config path

Print the resolved config file path. Useful for scripting:

$EDITOR $(cem config path)