Configuration

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

Dinocheck is agent-native: your AI coding agent performs the review via dino brief + dino report, so there is nothing to configure for LLM access - no providers, no models, no API keys.

Configuration File

Create a dino.yaml in your project root:

dino init

Full Example

# 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

# 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 brief will only scan those directories by default. CLI paths override this setting: dino brief 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

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

export DINO_LANGUAGE=es

Configuration Priority

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

1. Environment variables (DINO_LANGUAGE)
2. .env file (in same directory as dino.yaml)
3. dino.yaml
4. Default values