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| Type             | Value |
| ---------------- | ----- |
| `string \| null` | null  |

If set, all generated code will use this instead of the packaged generator shipped with the extension.

> **Tip**
>
> We recommend this setting! This prevents mismatches between the VSCode Extension and the installed BAML package.

## Usage

If you use unix, you can run `where baml-cli` in your project to figure out what the path is.

**`settings.json`**

```json settings.json
{
  "baml.cliPath": "/path/to/baml-cli"
}
```