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For user specific files a lot of modern programs try to adhere to https://specifications.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/latest/. You should set those environmental variables and check there first.
For system level.. it's definitely more complicated. I check
/etcfirst and then then/usrdirs. If you're using your system package manager there is generally a way to query it for that information, but it's typically CLI based.Or just use our lord and savior NixOS and configure everything in a single directory