"Generic" is a research problem, not a taste problem. Before designing,
I'd ground this in real shipped settings patterns via the Mobbin MCP
rather than invent from principles. Here's the workflow:

RESEARCH FIRST — query Mobbin (600K real screens)
  search "settings" flows from apps that do this well — Notion for
  structure, Linear for density, Vercel for dev-tool settings. Pull the
  actual screens and sections, not descriptions of them.
  Output: a short research report with hyperlinked references, so every
  design choice below traces to a real app that shipped it, not to
  "best practices."

WHAT THE REFERENCES SURFACE (and principles don't)
  • Notion's settings use a left rail of CATEGORIES, not a long scroll —
    and the categories are nouns (Account, Members, Billing), never
    verbs. Your generic version probably scrolls.
  • Linear puts the most-changed setting first, not the alphabetical
    first. Frequency ordering is invisible in a principles list and
    obvious in the real screens.
  • Vercel's destructive actions live in a visually separate "Danger
    Zone" block — a pattern you copy, not reinvent.

THEN BUILD — grounded, and consistent with YOUR app
  Match the new settings page to patterns from apps in your category AND
  to your existing components, so it doesn't look bolted on. The skill's
  strength is exactly this: redesigning a generic screen against
  best-in-class references while staying visually native to what you
  already ship.

WHY THIS BEATS "here's a good layout"
A layout from principles is a guess. A layout grounded in 600K shipped
screens is a bet on what already works — and the hyperlinked report
means you (and your team) can see the sources, not just trust the
output.

Want me to run the Mobbin queries and produce the reference report
before we design a pixel?