App Settings & Configuration Boundaries

When this skill applies

Use this skill when deciding or implementing how a VTEX IO app should expose configurable settings.

• Defining settingsSchema
• Adding merchant-configurable app behavior
• Reviewing whether configuration belongs in app settings or custom data
• Reading and validating settings in app code

Do not use this skill for:

• runtime infrastructure settings in service.json
• Master Data entity design
• policy declaration details
• route auth modeling

Decision rules