diff --git a/providers-sdk/v1/util/configure/configure.go b/providers-sdk/v1/util/configure/configure.go
index 48b13a27eb..2123ea8f8d 100644
--- a/providers-sdk/v1/util/configure/configure.go
+++ b/providers-sdk/v1/util/configure/configure.go
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import (
 	"os"
 	"os/exec"
 	"regexp"
+	"slices"
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
@@ -24,6 +25,24 @@ type ProvidersConf struct {
 	Builtin []string `json:"builtin"`
 }
 
+func init() {
+	rootCmd.Flags().StringP("file", "f", "providers.yaml", "config file for providers")
+	rootCmd.Flags().StringP("output", "o", "providers/builtin_dev.go", "output go-file for builtin dev providers")
+
+	editProvidersCmd.Flags().StringP("file", "f", "providers.yaml", "config file for providers")
+	rootCmd.AddCommand(editProvidersCmd)
+}
+
+func main() {
+	logger.CliCompactLogger(logger.LogOutputWriter)
+	zerolog.SetGlobalLevel(zerolog.DebugLevel)
+
+	if err := rootCmd.Execute(); err != nil {
+		fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, err)
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+}
+
 var rootCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	Use:   "configure [-f config] [-o file]",
 	Short: "configure providers for cnquery",
@@ -66,6 +85,49 @@ var rootCmd = &cobra.Command{
 	},
 }
 
+var editProvidersCmd = &cobra.Command{
+	Use:   "edit-providers NAME1 NAME2 [-f config]",
+	Short: "adds a provider to the config",
+	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
+		confPath, err := cmd.Flags().GetString("file")
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Fatal().Err(err).Msg("Can't get --file")
+		}
+
+		raw, err := os.ReadFile(confPath)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Fatal().Err(err).Str("path", confPath).Msg("failed to read config file")
+		}
+
+		var conf ProvidersConf
+		err = yaml.Unmarshal(raw, &conf)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Fatal().Err(err).Str("path", confPath).Msg("failed to parse config file")
+		}
+
+		if len(conf.Builtin) > 0 {
+			log.Warn().Strs("providers", conf.Builtin).Msg("overwrite existing providers in config")
+		}
+
+		// set new providers
+		conf.Builtin = args
+		slices.Sort(conf.Builtin)
+		conf.Builtin = slices.Compact(conf.Builtin)
+
+		log.Info().Strs("providers", conf.Builtin).Msg("configured providers")
+
+		raw, err = yaml.Marshal(conf)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Fatal().Err(err).Str("path", confPath).Msg("failed to marshal updated config")
+		}
+
+		err = os.WriteFile(confPath, raw, 0700)
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Fatal().Err(err).Str("path", confPath).Msg("failed to write config file")
+		}
+	},
+}
+
 func genBuiltinGo(conf ProvidersConf) ([]byte, error) {
 	var imports string
 	var infos string
@@ -202,18 +264,3 @@ func rewireDependencies(providers []string) {
 		log.Fatal().Err(err).Msg("failed to go mod tidy")
 	}
 }
-
-func init() {
-	rootCmd.Flags().StringP("file", "f", "providers.yaml", "config file for providers")
-	rootCmd.Flags().StringP("output", "o", "providers/builtin_dev.go", "output go-file for builtin dev providers")
-}
-
-func main() {
-	logger.CliCompactLogger(logger.LogOutputWriter)
-	zerolog.SetGlobalLevel(zerolog.DebugLevel)
-
-	if err := rootCmd.Execute(); err != nil {
-		fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, err)
-		os.Exit(1)
-	}
-}