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 Now that you have setup your build environment you are ready to start building custom firmware. For this section of the guide we will bounce between 3 programs- your file manager, your text editor, and your terminal window. Keep all 3 open until you are done and happy with your keyboard firmware.
 
+## Configure Your Build Environment Defaults (Optional)
+
+You can configure your build environment to set the defaults and make working with QMK less tedious. Let's do that now!
+
+Most people new to QMK only have 1 keyboard. You can set this keyboard as your default with the `qmk config` command. For example, to set your default keyboard to `clueboard/66/rev4`:
+
+    qmk config user.keyboard=clueboard/66/rev4
+
+?> The keyboard option is the path relative to the keyboard directory, the above example would be found in `qmk_firmware/keyboards/clueboard/66/rev4`. If you're unsure you can view a full list of supported keyboards with `qmk list-keyboards`.
+
+You can also set your default keymap name. Most people use their GitHub username like the keymap name from the previous steps:
+
+    qmk config user.keymap=<github_username>
+
 ## Create a New Keymap
 
 To create your own keymap you'll want to create a copy of the `default` keymap. If you configured your build environment in the last step you can do that easily with the QMK CLI:
@@ -45,7 +59,7 @@ When your changes to the keymap are complete you will need to build the firmware
 
     qmk compile
 
-If you did not configure your environment, or you have multiple keyboards, you can specify a keyboard and/or keymap:
+If you did not configure defaults for your environment, or you have multiple keyboards, you can specify a keyboard and/or keymap:
 
     qmk compile -kb <keyboard> -km <keymap>