diff --git a/sources/scripting/assistantinfo.cpp b/sources/scripting/assistantinfo.cpp
index 97d236722..96d032d97 100644
--- a/sources/scripting/assistantinfo.cpp
+++ b/sources/scripting/assistantinfo.cpp
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ void write()
 			{QStringLiteral("scripting_available"), false},
 #endif
 			{QStringLiteral("scripting_enabled"), QetSettings::scriptingEnabled()},
+			{QStringLiteral("live_mode_setting"), QetSettings::liveAssistantEnabled()},
 			{QStringLiteral("live_mode_open"), !s_live.isEmpty()}}},
 		{QStringLiteral("script_api"), QJsonArray::fromStringList(QetScriptApi::signatures())},
 		{QStringLiteral("stored_scripts"), scripts},
diff --git a/sources/scripting/liveserver.cpp b/sources/scripting/liveserver.cpp
index 1b9ab2995..1d14179f6 100644
--- a/sources/scripting/liveserver.cpp
+++ b/sources/scripting/liveserver.cpp
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 */
 #include "liveserver.h"
 
+#include "assistantinfo.h"
 #include "qetscripting.h"
 #include "scriptlibrary.h"
 #include "../diagram.h"
@@ -67,17 +68,6 @@ LiveServer::LiveServer()
 
 LiveServer::~LiveServer()
 {
-	QFile::remove(sessionFile());
-}
-
-/**
-	@brief LiveServer::sessionFile
-	Where the channel's name and token are written for the MCP server:
-	next to the stored scripts, in the user's data folder.
-*/
-QString LiveServer::sessionFile()
-{
-	return QETApp::dataDir() + QStringLiteral("/live-session.json");
 }
 
 /**
@@ -135,19 +125,12 @@ bool LiveServer::start()
 	}
 	m_token = randomHex(16);
 
-	const QJsonObject session{
-		{QStringLiteral("version"), 1},
+		//Where the MCP server finds the channel: the "live" part of
+		//qet-assistant.json, the one file it reads about this QElectroTech
+	AssistantInfo::setLive(QJsonObject{
 		{QStringLiteral("socket"), m_server->fullServerName()},
 		{QStringLiteral("token"), m_token},
-		{QStringLiteral("pid"), QCoreApplication::applicationPid()}};
-	QSaveFile file(sessionFile());
-	if (!file.open(QIODevice::WriteOnly)
-	    || file.write(QJsonDocument(session).toJson(QJsonDocument::Compact)) < 0
-	    || !file.commit()) {
-		stop();
-		return false;
-	}
-	QFile::setPermissions(sessionFile(), QFile::ReadOwner | QFile::WriteOwner);
+		{QStringLiteral("pid"), QCoreApplication::applicationPid()}});
 
 	connect(m_server, &QLocalServer::newConnection, this, &LiveServer::newConnection);
 	setState(Waiting);
@@ -169,7 +152,7 @@ void LiveServer::stop()
 		m_server->deleteLater();
 		m_server = nullptr;
 	}
-	QFile::remove(sessionFile());
+	if (!m_token.isEmpty()) AssistantInfo::setLive(QJsonObject());
 	m_token.clear();
 	m_buffer.clear();
 	setState(Off);
diff --git a/sources/scripting/liveserver.h b/sources/scripting/liveserver.h
index 60f47e8c7..24f098ea4 100644
--- a/sources/scripting/liveserver.h
+++ b/sources/scripting/liveserver.h
@@ -38,9 +38,9 @@ class QWidget;
 	class opens nothing and QElectroTech behaves as if it did not exist.
 
 	The channel is a QLocalServer only the user's own account can open,
-	with a random name and token written to live-session.json in the data
-	folder, which the MCP server reads; the file goes when the channel
-	closes. One JSON request per connection, one JSON answer back, then
+	with a random name and token written to the "live" part of
+	qet-assistant.json (AssistantInfo), which the MCP server reads, and
+	cleared when the channel closes. One JSON request per connection, one JSON answer back, then
 	the server closes the connection; every request carries the token.
 
 	Requests are never handled inside the socket's readyRead: each is
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ class LiveServer : public QObject
 		enum State { Off, Waiting, Connected };
 
 		static LiveServer &instance();
-		static QString sessionFile();
 
 		void askAndStart(QWidget *parent);
 		void stop();