settings

def get_ayon_settings(project_name=None):
    """AYON studio settings.

    Raw AYON settings values.

    Args:
        project_name (Optional[str]): Project name.

    Returns:
        dict[str, Any]: AYON settings.
    """

    return _AyonSettingsCache.get_value_by_project(project_name)

def get_current_project_settings():
    """DEPRECATE Project settings for current context project.

    Function requires access to pipeline context which is in
        'ayon_core.pipeline'.

    Returns:
        dict[str, Any]: Project settings for current context project.

    """
    warnings.warn(
        "Used deprecated function 'get_current_project_settings' in"
        " 'ayon_core.settings'. The function was moved to"
        " 'ayon_core.pipeline.context_tools'.",
        DeprecationWarning,
        stacklevel=2
    )
    from ayon_core.pipeline.context_tools import get_current_project_settings

    return get_current_project_settings()

def get_general_environments(studio_settings=None):
    """General studio environment variables.

    Args:
        studio_settings (Optional[dict]): Pre-queried studio settings.

    Returns:
        dict[str, Any]: General studio environment variables.

    """
    if studio_settings is None:
        studio_settings = get_ayon_settings()
    return json.loads(studio_settings["core"]["environments"])