diff --git a/pyoaev/configuration/__init__.py b/pyoaev/configuration/__init__.py
index f9bbec1..a4741f9 100644
--- a/pyoaev/configuration/__init__.py
+++ b/pyoaev/configuration/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,15 @@
 from .configuration import Configuration
+from .settings_loader import (
+    BaseConfigModel,
+    ConfigLoaderCollector,
+    ConfigLoaderOAEV,
+    SettingsLoader,
+)
 
-__all__ = ["Configuration"]
+__all__ = [
+    "Configuration",
+    "ConfigLoaderOAEV",
+    "ConfigLoaderCollector",
+    "SettingsLoader",
+    "BaseConfigModel",
+]
diff --git a/pyoaev/configuration/configuration.py b/pyoaev/configuration/configuration.py
index 7134955..ae7af77 100644
--- a/pyoaev/configuration/configuration.py
+++ b/pyoaev/configuration/configuration.py
@@ -4,7 +4,11 @@
 
 import yaml
 from pydantic import BaseModel, Field
+from pydantic_settings import BaseSettings
 
+from pyoaev.configuration.connector_config_schema_generator import (
+    ConnectorConfigSchemaGenerator,
+)
 from pyoaev.configuration.sources import DictionarySource, EnvironmentSource
 
 CONFIGURATION_TYPES = str | int | bool | Any | None
@@ -111,6 +115,7 @@ def __init__(
         config_hints: Dict[str, dict | str],
         config_values: dict = None,
         config_file_path: str = os.path.join(os.curdir, "config.yml"),
+        config_base_model: BaseSettings = None,
     ):
         self.__config_hints = {
             key: (
@@ -129,6 +134,8 @@ def __init__(
 
         self.__config_values = (config_values or {}) | file_contents
 
+        self.__base_model = config_base_model
+
     def get(self, config_key: str) -> CONFIGURATION_TYPES:
         """Gets the value pointed to by the configuration key. If the key is defined
         with actual hints (as opposed to a discrete value), it will use those hints to
@@ -169,6 +176,19 @@ def set(self, config_key: str, value: CONFIGURATION_TYPES):
         else:
             self.__config_hints[config_key].data = value
 
+    def schema(self):
+        """
+        Generates the complete connector schema using a custom schema generator compatible with Pydantic.
+        Isolate custom class generator, Pydantic expects a class, not an instance
+        Always subclass GenerateJsonSchema and pass the class to Pydantic, not an instance
+        :return: The generated connector schema as a dictionary.
+        """
+        return self.__base_model.model_json_schema(
+            by_alias=False,
+            schema_generator=ConnectorConfigSchemaGenerator,
+            mode="validation",
+        )
+
     @staticmethod
     def __process_value_to_type(value: CONFIGURATION_TYPES, is_number_hint: bool):
         if value is None:
diff --git a/pyoaev/configuration/connector_config_schema_generator.py b/pyoaev/configuration/connector_config_schema_generator.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3c8ac43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyoaev/configuration/connector_config_schema_generator.py
@@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
+## ADAPTED FROM https://github.com/OpenCTI-Platform/connectors/blob/5c8cf1235f62f5651c9c08d0b67f1bd182662c8a/shared/tools/composer/generate_connectors_config_schemas/generate_connector_config_json_schema.py.sample
+
+from copy import deepcopy
+from typing import override
+
+from pydantic.json_schema import GenerateJsonSchema
+
+# attributes filtered from the connector configuration before generating the manifest
+__FILTERED_ATTRIBUTES__ = [
+    # connector id is generated
+    "CONNECTOR_ID",
+]
+
+
+class ConnectorConfigSchemaGenerator(GenerateJsonSchema):
+    @staticmethod
+    def dereference_schema(schema_with_refs):
+        """Return a new schema with all internal $ref resolved."""
+
+        def _resolve(schema, root):
+            if isinstance(schema, dict):
+                if "$ref" in schema:
+                    ref_path = schema["$ref"]
+                    if ref_path.startswith("#/$defs/"):
+                        def_name = ref_path.split("/")[-1]
+                        # Deep copy to avoid mutating $defs
+                        resolved = deepcopy(root["$defs"][def_name])
+                        return _resolve(resolved, root)
+                    else:
+                        raise ValueError(f"Unsupported ref format: {ref_path}")
+                else:
+                    return {
+                        schema_key: _resolve(schema_value, root)
+                        for schema_key, schema_value in schema.items()
+                    }
+            elif isinstance(schema, list):
+                return [_resolve(item, root) for item in schema]
+            else:
+                return schema
+
+        return _resolve(deepcopy(schema_with_refs), schema_with_refs)
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def flatten_config_loader_schema(root_schema: dict):
+        """
+        Flatten config loader schema so all config vars are described at root level.
+
+        :param root_schema: Original schema.
+        :return: Flatten schema.
+        """
+        flat_json_schema = {
+            "$schema": root_schema["$schema"],
+            "$id": root_schema["$id"],
+            "type": "object",
+            "properties": {},
+            "required": [],
+            "additionalProperties": root_schema.get("additionalProperties", True),
+        }
+
+        for (
+            config_loader_namespace_name,
+            config_loader_namespace_schema,
+        ) in root_schema["properties"].items():
+            config_schema = config_loader_namespace_schema.get("properties", {})
+            required_config_vars = config_loader_namespace_schema.get("required", [])
+
+            for config_var_name, config_var_schema in config_schema.items():
+                property_name = (
+                    f"{config_loader_namespace_name.upper()}_{config_var_name.upper()}"
+                )
+
+                config_var_schema.pop("title", None)
+
+                flat_json_schema["properties"][property_name] = config_var_schema
+
+                if config_var_name in required_config_vars:
+                    flat_json_schema["required"].append(property_name)
+
+        return flat_json_schema
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def filter_schema(schema):
+        for filtered_attribute in __FILTERED_ATTRIBUTES__:
+            if filtered_attribute in schema["properties"]:
+                del schema["properties"][filtered_attribute]
+                schema.update(
+                    {
+                        "required": [
+                            item
+                            for item in schema["required"]
+                            if item != filtered_attribute
+                        ]
+                    }
+                )
+
+        return schema
+
+    @override
+    def generate(self, schema, mode="validation"):
+        json_schema = super().generate(schema, mode=mode)
+
+        json_schema["$schema"] = self.schema_dialect
+        json_schema["$id"] = "config.schema.json"
+        dereferenced_schema = self.dereference_schema(json_schema)
+        flattened_schema = self.flatten_config_loader_schema(dereferenced_schema)
+        return self.filter_schema(flattened_schema)
+
+    @override
+    def nullable_schema(self, schema):
+        """Generates a JSON schema that matches a schema that allows null values.
+
+        Args:
+            schema: The core schema.
+
+        Returns:
+            The generated JSON schema.
+
+        Notes:
+            This method overrides `GenerateJsonSchema.nullable_schema` to generate schemas without `anyOf` keyword.
+        """
+        null_schema = {"type": "null"}
+        inner_json_schema = self.generate_inner(schema["schema"])
+
+        if inner_json_schema == null_schema:
+            return null_schema
+        else:
+            return inner_json_schema
diff --git a/pyoaev/configuration/settings_loader.py b/pyoaev/configuration/settings_loader.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..787840e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pyoaev/configuration/settings_loader.py
@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+import os
+from abc import ABC
+from datetime import timedelta
+from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Annotated, Literal
+
+from pydantic import BaseModel, ConfigDict, Field, HttpUrl, PlainSerializer
+from pydantic_settings import (
+    BaseSettings,
+    DotEnvSettingsSource,
+    PydanticBaseSettingsSource,
+    SettingsConfigDict,
+    YamlConfigSettingsSource,
+)
+
+
+class BaseConfigModel(BaseModel, ABC):
+    """Base class for global config models
+    To prevent attributes from being modified after initialization.
+    """
+
+    model_config = ConfigDict(extra="allow", frozen=True, validate_default=True)
+
+
+class SettingsLoader(BaseSettings):
+    model_config = SettingsConfigDict(
+        frozen=True,
+        extra="allow",
+        env_nested_delimiter="_",
+        env_nested_max_split=1,
+        enable_decoding=False,
+    )
+
+    @classmethod
+    def settings_customise_sources(
+        cls,
+        settings_cls: type[BaseSettings],
+        init_settings: PydanticBaseSettingsSource,
+        env_settings: PydanticBaseSettingsSource,
+        dotenv_settings: PydanticBaseSettingsSource,
+        file_secret_settings: PydanticBaseSettingsSource,
+    ) -> tuple[PydanticBaseSettingsSource, ...]:
+        """Customise the sources of settings for the connector.
+
+        This method is called by the Pydantic BaseSettings class to determine the order of sources.
+        The configuration come in this order either from:
+            1. Environment variables
+            2. YAML file
+            3. .env file
+            4. Default values
+
+        The variables loading order will remain the same as in `pycti.get_config_variable()`:
+            1. If a config.yml file is found, the order will be: `ENV VAR` → config.yml → default value
+            2. If a .env file is found, the order will be: `ENV VAR` → .env → default value
+        """
+        _main_path = os.curdir
+
+        settings_cls.model_config["env_file"] = f"{_main_path}/../.env"
+
+        if not settings_cls.model_config["yaml_file"]:
+            if Path(f"{_main_path}/config.yml").is_file():
+                settings_cls.model_config["yaml_file"] = f"{_main_path}/config.yml"
+            if Path(f"{_main_path}/../config.yml").is_file():
+                settings_cls.model_config["yaml_file"] = f"{_main_path}/../config.yml"
+
+        if Path(settings_cls.model_config["yaml_file"] or "").is_file():  # type: ignore
+            return (
+                env_settings,
+                YamlConfigSettingsSource(settings_cls),
+            )
+        if Path(settings_cls.model_config["env_file"] or "").is_file():  # type: ignore
+            return (
+                env_settings,
+                DotEnvSettingsSource(settings_cls),
+            )
+        return (env_settings,)
+
+
+LogLevelToLower = Annotated[
+    Literal["debug", "info", "warn", "error"],
+    PlainSerializer(lambda v: "".join(v), return_type=str),
+]
+
+HttpUrlToString = Annotated[HttpUrl, PlainSerializer(str, return_type=str)]
+TimedeltaInSeconds = Annotated[
+    timedelta, PlainSerializer(lambda v: int(v.total_seconds()), return_type=int)
+]
+
+
+class ConfigLoaderOAEV(BaseConfigModel):
+    """OpenAEV/OpenAEV platform configuration settings.
+
+    Contains URL and authentication token for connecting to the OpenAEV platform.
+    """
+
+    url: HttpUrlToString = Field(
+        description="The OpenAEV platform URL.",
+    )
+    token: str = Field(
+        description="The token for the OpenAEV platform.",
+    )
+
+
+class ConfigLoaderCollector(BaseConfigModel):
+    """Base collector configuration settings.
+
+    Contains common collector settings including identification, logging,
+    scheduling, and platform information.
+    """
+
+    id: str = Field(description="ID of the collector.")
+
+    name: str = Field(description="Name of the collector")
+
+    platform: str | None = Field(
+        default="SIEM",
+        description="Platform type for the collector (e.g., EDR, SIEM, etc.).",
+    )
+    log_level: LogLevelToLower | None = Field(
+        default="error",
+        description="Determines the verbosity of the logs.",
+    )
+    period: timedelta | None = Field(
+        default=timedelta(minutes=1),
+        description="Duration between two scheduled runs of the collector (ISO 8601 format).",
+    )
+    icon_filepath: str | None = Field(
+        description="Path to the icon file of the collector.",
+    )
diff --git a/pyoaev/daemons/base_daemon.py b/pyoaev/daemons/base_daemon.py
index 549f512..7dcc4e4 100644
--- a/pyoaev/daemons/base_daemon.py
+++ b/pyoaev/daemons/base_daemon.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import argparse
 from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
 from inspect import signature
 from types import FunctionType
@@ -101,6 +102,13 @@ def start(self):
         follow-up with the main execution loop. Note that at this point, if there is no
         configured callback, the method will abort and kill the daemon.
         """
+        parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="parse daemon options")
+        parser.add_argument("--dump-config-schema", action="store_true")
+        args = parser.parse_args()
+        if args.dump_config_schema:
+            print(self._configuration.schema())
+            return
+
         if self._callback is None:
             raise OpenAEVError("This daemon has no configured callback.")
         self._setup()
diff --git a/pyoaev/helpers.py b/pyoaev/helpers.py
index 082eee1..a422151 100644
--- a/pyoaev/helpers.py
+++ b/pyoaev/helpers.py
@@ -228,13 +228,23 @@ class PingAlive(utils.PingAlive):
 
 ### DEPRECATED
 class OpenAEVConfigHelper:
-    def __init__(self, base_path, variables: Dict):
-        self.__config_obj = Configuration(
-            config_hints=variables,
-            config_file_path=os.path.join(
-                os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(base_path)), "config.yml"
-            ),
-        )
+    def __init__(self, base_path, variables: Dict | None, config_obj: Configuration):
+        if config_obj is not None:
+            self.__config_obj = config_obj
+        else:
+            self.__config_obj = Configuration(
+                config_hints=variables,
+                config_file_path=os.path.join(
+                    os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(base_path)), "config.yml"
+                ),
+            )
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def from_configuration_object(config: Configuration):
+        return OpenAEVConfigHelper(None, None, config)
+
+    def get_config_obj(self) -> Configuration:
+        return self.__config_obj
 
     def get_conf(self, variable, is_number=None, default=None, required=None):
         result = None
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index b9daa96..94ab2cf 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "python_json_logger (>=3.3.0,<3.4.0)",
     "PyYAML (>=6.0,<6.1)",
     "pydantic (>=2.11.3,<2.12.0)",
+    "pydantic-settings (>=2.11.0,<2.12.0)",
     "requests (>=2.32.3,<2.33.0)",
     "setuptools (>=80.9.0,<80.10.0)",
     "cachetools (>=5.5.0,<5.6.0)",