Turning Features Off

Every major feature can be switched off on its own. Nothing is deleted when you do this: sessions, memories and suggestions stay on disk, and come back when you switch the feature on again.

Add the switches to .chronos-code/config.yaml (one project) or ~/.chronos-code/config.yaml (all your projects), then restart Chronos Code:

memory:
  enabled: false                 # don't save or recall memories

session:
  recall_prior_summaries: false  # don't bring summaries of earlier sessions into new ones

learning:
  enabled: false                 # stop creating improvement suggestions
  pattern_injection: false       # stop using previously accepted patterns

mcp:
  discovery_enabled: false       # ignore all MCP server configuration

router:
  enabled: false                 # always use each agent's configured model

workspace:
  index_on_start: false          # don't index the code in the background at startup

Switch	Turn it off when…
memory.enabled	You don't want anything carried over between sessions
session.recall_prior_summaries	Each session should start completely fresh
learning.enabled	You don't want suggestions at all
learning.pattern_injection	Accepted patterns are giving unhelpful advice
mcp.discovery_enabled	You're in CI, or you want no external tools
router.enabled	You want predictable model choice and cost
workspace.index_on_start	Background indexing uses too many resources on a very large repository

note

Switching features off never weakens safety. The permission rules in Permissions and Safety stay in force no matter what you disable.