diff --git a/pkg/es/cluster_settings.go b/pkg/es/cluster_settings.go
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+/*
+Copyright © 2026 Thomas von Dein
+
+This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+(at your option) any later version.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+package es
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"log/slog"
+
+	"codeberg.org/scip/esctl/pkg/cfg"
+	"github.com/urfave/cli/v3"
+)
+
+// recursively traverse  the raw  settings hash and  build a  flat map
+// consisting of the translated path and its value.
+//
+// e.g.
+// logger:
+//
+//	org:
+//	  elasticsearch:
+//	    transport:
+//	      OutboundHandler: "ERROR"
+//
+// gets:
+//
+// logger.org.elasticsearch.transport.OutboundHandler: "ERROR"
+func getJsonPath(raw map[string]any, topic string) map[string]string {
+	paths := map[string]string{}
+
+	for name, data := range raw {
+		path := topic + "." + name
+		switch value := data.(type) {
+		case string:
+			paths[path] = value
+		case map[string]any:
+			paths = getJsonPath(value, path)
+		}
+	}
+
+	return paths
+}
+
+func ClusterSettingsList(conf *cfg.Config) error {
+	res, err := conf.DefaultCluster.ES.Cluster.GetSettings().
+		Header("content-type", "application/json").
+		Header("accept", "application/json").
+		Do(context.Background())
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to get cluster settings: %s", err)
+	}
+
+	table := NewTable(2, 0)
+	table.Addheaders("setting", "value")
+	entries := [][]string{}
+
+	settingshash := res.Persistent // == map[string]json.RawMessage
+
+	switch {
+	case conf.Transient:
+		settingshash = res.Transient
+	case conf.Default:
+		settingshash = res.Defaults
+	}
+
+	for topic, val := range settingshash {
+		data := map[string]any{}
+
+		err := json.Unmarshal(val, &data)
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to unmarshall setting for topic %s: %s", topic, err)
+		}
+
+		paths := getJsonPath(data, topic)
+		slog.Debug("settings", topic, paths)
+
+		for setting, value := range paths {
+			entries = append(entries, []string{
+				fmt.Sprintf("%s", setting),
+				fmt.Sprintf("%v", value),
+			})
+
+		}
+	}
+
+	table.entries = entries
+	table.Sort()
+
+	if err := table.PrintMarkdown(); err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func ClusterSettingsSet(conf *cfg.Config, args cli.Args) error {
+	put := conf.Clusters[conf.CurrentCluster].ES.Cluster.PutSettings()
+
+	for _, arg := range args.Slice() {
+		setting, value := splitArg(arg)
+
+		switch {
+		case conf.Transient:
+			message, err := json.Marshal(value)
+			if err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("failed to marshall transient value <%v> to valid JSON: %s", value, err)
+			}
+			put.AddTransient(setting, message)
+		case conf.Persistent:
+			fallthrough
+		default:
+			message, err := json.Marshal(value)
+			if err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("failed to marshall persistent value <%v> to valid JSON: %s", value, err)
+			}
+			put.AddPersistent(setting, message)
+		}
+	}
+
+	_, err := put.
+		Header("content-type", "application/json").
+		Header("accept", "application/json").
+		Do(context.Background())
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to set settings: %s", err)
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}