Config Presets

Advanced

Configuration Presets are new in LM Studio 0.3.3 (Release Notes)

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.

For migration from LM Studio 0.2.* Presets, see below.

Please report bugs and feedback to bugs [at] lmstudio [dot] ai.

Build your own Prompt Library

You can create your own prompt library by using Presets.

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.

Saving, resetting, and deselecting Presets

Below is the anatomy of the Preset manager:

The anatomy of the Preset manager in the settings sidebar.

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.
  • Favor editing the model's default config in My Models. See how to do it here.

Where Presets are stored

Presets are stored in the following directory:

macOS or Linux

~/.cache/lm-studio/config-presets

Windows

%USERPROFILE%\.cache\lm-studio\config-presets

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