Make agent-shell-preferred-agent-config play nice with the Customize interface

[parhamdoustdar]

The example way of setting the preferred agent configuration uses a function call to create the value. However, the variable is created using defcustom. If you try to set it using that interface, there is no easy way to do it.

The way i imagine this would be just to get the identifier for the config, for example gemini-cli.

[xenodium]

Thanks for filing. Lemme have a think about this one. Initially, configs did not have unique identifiers. They do now, but they are quoted symbols, for example: 'gemini-cli. I'm not super familiar with the customize interface, so I'll need to see how nice that plays with that.

[parhamdoustdar]

One easy way that comes to my mind without looking at elisp manual is to make this variable a symbol, and use elisp to turn the string inside it (e.g. "gemini-cli") into a symbol. Then use this to look up the relevant config from the config list, instead of just using it in-place like it is currently.I also wonder if it's possible to use the defcustom facility to create a list of options dynamically, that way the user can pick from a list of options, which would be a pair of user-facing strings (e.g. "Gemini CLI") and symbols (e.g. 'gemini-cli), and the value of the variable in the code would be set to the symbol.Hope this helps!Sent from my iPhoneOn 1 Feb 2026, at 01:06, xenodium ***@***.***> wrote:xenodium left a comment (xenodium/agent-shell#242) Thanks for filing. Lemme have a think about this one. Initially, configs did not have unique identifiers. They do now, but they are quoted symbols, for example: 'gemini-cli. I'm not super familiar with the customize interface, so I'll need to see how nice that plays with that. —Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub, or unsubscribe.You are receiving this because you authored the thread.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[xenodium]

I've made changes in 1acd14a which now offer the different symbols available from customize. You'll need to update to version v0.32.3 or newer. Lemme know if that doesn't help.