# Why no examples of \`config.yaml\` ?!

**URL:** <https://discourse.mitmproxy.org/t/why-no-examples-of-config-yaml/1674>\
**Category:** help\
**Created:** [September 16, 2019, 8:37pm UTC](https://discourse.mitmproxy.org/t/why-no-examples-of-config-yaml/1674 "2019-09-16T20:37:46Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 16, 2019, 8:37pm UTC](https://discourse.mitmproxy.org/t/why-no-examples-of-config-yaml/1674/1 "2019-09-16T20:37:47Z")

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## Is there some reason the docs don’t include an example of `config.yaml` ?

YAML is a finicky format and it’s so easy to screw up indentation, etc. that it would be nice to start from a working example.  
I’m surprised that `brew install mitmproxy` doesn’t create one.  
I couldn’t even find an example in the source code.  
I’m not expecting [https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/devel/examples/ansible.cfg](https://github.com/ansible/ansible/blob/devel/examples/ansible.cfg)  
but a working config file would be a nice touch.