Output and Defaults

Output settings control what gets reported and when Warden should fail.

Output Fields

Field	Purpose
failOn	Minimum severity to fail: critical, high, medium, low, info, off.
reportOn	Minimum severity to report.
maxFindings	Maximum findings to report.
reportOnSuccess	Post a comment when no findings. Default: false.
requestChanges	Request changes when findings exceed failOn. Default: false.
failCheck	Fail the check run when findings exceed failOn. Default: false.

warden.toml

[[skills]]
name = "security-review"
failOn = "high"
reportOn = "medium"
maxFindings = 20

Defaults

Defaults are inherited by all skills. Individual skills and triggers can override them.

warden.toml

[defaults]
runtime = "pi"
model = "anthropic/claude-sonnet-4-6"
maxTurns = 30
failOn = "high"
reportOn = "medium"
requestChanges = false
failCheck = false
ignorePaths = ["**/vendor/**", "**/node_modules/**"]

[defaults.auxiliary]
model = "anthropic/claude-haiku-4-5"

[defaults.synthesis]
model = "anthropic/claude-opus-4-5"

Model precedence is: trigger, skill, defaults, CLI flag, then WARDEN_MODEL. Most specific wins.

defaults.synthesis.model falls back to defaults.auxiliary.model when it is not set.