Ensure configuration values are consistent and properly coordinated across all related files (docker-compose, .env files, initialization scripts, workflows, etc.). Verify that port mappings, environment variables, and tokens don’t conflict between files, and provide fallback configurations for critical settings.

Key practices:

Example from discussions:

# Bad: Port conflict
ports:
  - '8000:8000'  # Conflicts with CASDOOR_PORT=8000 in .env

# Good: Use environment variable consistently  
ports:
  - '${CASDOOR_PORT}:${CASDOOR_PORT}'
# Bad: No fallback
target_repo_token: $

# Good: Provide fallback
target_repo_token: $