Techniques for partial configuration of an autonomously smart repeater may allow a control entity (e.g., base station, UE, or cloud software/algorithm) to configure the autonomously smart repeater and thereby improve end-to-end performance for some communications. In an example, a relay device may receive, from a first entity, an indication for reconfiguring a parameter corresponding to an autonomous reconfiguration procedure of the relay device. The relay device may configure a setting of the autonomous reconfiguration procedure according to the parameter. The relay device may forward a signal between a first wireless device and a second wireless device based on the configuring.