Configuration

Dinocheck can be configured via dino.yaml or environment variables.

Configuration File

Create a dino.yaml in your project root:

dino init

Full Example

# LLM Model (provider/model format)
model: openai/gpt-5.2-codex

# Response language (en, es, fr, de, etc.)
language: en

# Exclude packs you don't need (all enabled by default)
exclude_packs:
  - vue
  - docker

# Or explicitly enable only specific packs
# packs:
#   - python
#   - django

# Custom API endpoint (OpenAI-compatible)
# base_url: https://my-proxy.example.com/v1

# Maximum LLM calls per analysis (default: 10)
max_llm_calls: 10

# Analyze only specific directories (default: current directory)
# include_paths:
#   - src/
#   - lib/

# Exclude paths from analysis (glob patterns)
exclude_paths:
  - migrations
  - tests/fixtures

# Disable specific rules
disabled_rules:
  - python/broad-exception

Path Filtering

Include Paths

Specify default directories to analyze (when no paths are given via CLI):

include_paths:
  - src/
  - lib/

When include_paths is set, dino check will only scan those directories by default. CLI paths override this setting: dino check other/ will ignore include_paths.

Exclude Paths

Exclude files or directories from analysis using glob patterns:

exclude_paths:
  - migrations
  - tests/fixtures
  - "*.generated.py"

Patterns are matched against directory names and file paths: - migrations — excludes any directory named migrations - tests/fixtures — excludes the tests/fixtures path - *.generated.py — excludes files matching the pattern

These work alongside the built-in exclusions (hidden directories, __pycache__, node_modules, .venv, venv).

Environment Variables

API Keys

Variable	Description
`OPENAI_API_KEY`	OpenAI API key
`ANTHROPIC_API_KEY`	Anthropic API key
`AZURE_API_KEY`	Azure OpenAI API key
`GOOGLE_API_KEY`	Google AI API key

Config Overrides

You can override config values via environment variables with the DINO_ prefix:

export DINO_MODEL=anthropic/claude-3-5-sonnet
export DINO_LANGUAGE=es

Supported LLM Providers

Provider	Model Examples
OpenAI	`openai/gpt-4o`, `openai/gpt-4o-mini`, `openai/o1-preview`
Anthropic	`anthropic/claude-3-5-sonnet`, `anthropic/claude-3-opus`
Ollama	`ollama/llama3`, `ollama/codellama`
Azure	`azure/gpt-4o`
Google	`gemini/gemini-pro`

See LiteLLM docs for 100+ supported providers.

Configuration Priority

Settings are loaded in this order (highest priority first):

Environment variables (DINO_MODEL, DINO_LANGUAGE)
.env file (in same directory as dino.yaml)
dino.yaml
Default values