Software Settings

Cherry Studio's settings panel covers model configuration, tool capabilities, interface preferences, productivity tools, and system behavior and all other options. The left side of Settings is divided by Model / Tools / Preferences / Productivity / System into five major groups, and this section provides a map using the same grouping to make it easy to jump where needed.

Model

Settings item	Documentation	Content
Model services	Model services	Provider addition, keys, API endpoints, multi-key rotation
Default model	Default model settings	Global default model for chat / naming / translation, etc.
Local models	Local models	Built-in, offline-running embedding models and OCR models
API gateway	API gateway	Expose a local OpenAI-compatible API externally

Tools

Settings item	Documentation	Content
MCP	MCP and external tools	Model Context Protocol tool integration
skills	Skills and capability library	Add specialized capabilities to assistants or agents
Web search	online mode	Free web access, Tavily, Volcano Engine, SearXNG, etc.
Document processing	Document processing	Structured parsing of PDF / complex-layout documents (MinerU, etc.)
OCR	OCR	Text recognition engine for images / scans

Preferences

Settings item	Documentation	Content
Appearance	Appearance	Theme, theme color, scaling, language, and chat layout
Notifications	Notifications	Assistant messages, backups, and knowledge base completion notifications
Data	Data Settings	WebDAV / S3 backups and third-party integrations
Usage statistics	Usage statistics	Cost, tokens, requests, and daily activity statistics

Productivity

Settings item	Documentation	Content
Channels	Channels	Integrate agents with Feishu / Telegram, etc.
Scheduled tasks	Scheduled tasks	Run agents on a Cron schedule
Shortcuts	Shortcut settings	Edit, enable, and disable all shortcuts
Quick Assistant	Quick Assistant	A globally floating mini chat window
Text selection assistant	Text selection assistant	Instant translate / explain / rewrite selected text

System

Settings item	Documentation	Content
System	System	Startup, tray, proxy, hardware acceleration, developer mode
Environment dependencies	Environment dependencies	Installation and management of runtimes and binary tools such as uv / bun
About us	—	Version information, check for updates, license agreement, and community links

Settings changes will take effect immediately, without restarting. When it comes to core items such as Provider / models / default model, it is recommended to first in Settings → Data make a backup.

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Get help and submit feedback

If you encounter any questions, bugs, or have suggestions for feature improvements during configuration or use, please refer to Feedback and Suggestions for the official channels provided.