From efa5b9ce73ec61344b4079e2f05e08319bc80d7d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Om <99085886+om051105@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2026 20:37:13 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] feat: implement config validation logic

---
 taskweaver/utils/app_utils.py | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/taskweaver/utils/app_utils.py b/taskweaver/utils/app_utils.py
index 718e0738f..a450afbe7 100644
--- a/taskweaver/utils/app_utils.py
+++ b/taskweaver/utils/app_utils.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import json
 from os import listdir, path
 from typing import Optional, Tuple
 
@@ -13,7 +14,11 @@ def validate_app_config(workspace: str) -> bool:
         config_path = path.join(workspace, "taskweaver_config.json")
         if not path.exists(config_path):
             return False
-        # TODO: read, parse and validate config
+        try:
+            with open(config_path, "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
+                json.load(f)
+        except json.JSONDecodeError:
+            return False
         return True
 
     def is_dir_valid(dir: str) -> bool:

From e5ff7c0fa9a9bdbbe42297c5dcf3963fbc90df93 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Om <99085886+om051105@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2026 20:40:13 +0530
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] feat: improve config validation to ensure dict type

---
 taskweaver/utils/app_utils.py | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/taskweaver/utils/app_utils.py b/taskweaver/utils/app_utils.py
index a450afbe7..3ec190892 100644
--- a/taskweaver/utils/app_utils.py
+++ b/taskweaver/utils/app_utils.py
@@ -16,8 +16,11 @@ def validate_app_config(workspace: str) -> bool:
             return False
         try:
             with open(config_path, "r", encoding="utf-8") as f:
-                json.load(f)
-        except json.JSONDecodeError:
+                data = json.load(f)
+                # Config must be a dictionary (key-value pairs)
+                if not isinstance(data, dict):
+                    return False
+        except (json.JSONDecodeError, OSError):
             return False
         return True