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Config Presets

Presets are a way to bundle together a system prompt and other parameters into a single configuration that can be easily reused across different chats.

New in 0.3.15: You can import Presets from file or URL, and even publish your own Presets to share with others on to the LM Studio Hub.

Saving, resetting, and deselecting Presets

Below is the anatomy of the Preset manager:

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The anatomy of the Preset manager in the settings sidebar.

Importing, Publishing, and Updating Downloaded Presets

Presets are JSON files. You can share them by sending around the JSON, or you can share them by publishing them to the LM Studio Hub. You can also import Presets from other users by URL. See the Import and Publish sections for more details.

Example: Build your own Prompt Library

You can create your own prompt library by using Presets.

Save collections of parameters as a Preset for easy reuse.

In addition to system prompts, every parameter under the Advanced Configuration sidebar can be recorded in a named Preset.

For example, you might want to always use a certain Temperature, Top P, or Max Tokens for a particular use case. You can save these settings as a Preset (with or without a system prompt) and easily switch between them.

The Use Case for Presets

  • Save your system prompts, inference parameters as a named Preset.
  • Easily switch between different use cases, such as reasoning, creative writing, multi-turn conversations, or brainstorming.

Where Presets are stored

Presets are stored in the following directory:

macOS or Linux

~/.lmstudio/config-presets

Windows

%USERPROFILE%\.lmstudio\config-presets

Migration from LM Studio 0.2.* Presets

  • Presets you've saved in LM Studio 0.2.* are automatically readable in 0.3.3 with no migration step needed.
  • If you save new changes in a legacy preset, it'll be copied to a new format upon save.
    • The old files are NOT deleted.
  • Notable difference: Load parameters are not included in the new preset format.

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