filelist = {
'switchall': "http://site.local/build/switch-all.bat",
'build': "http://site.local/build/build.xml"
}

filelist = {
'switchall': "http://site.local/build/switch-all.bat",
'build': "http://site.local/build/build.xml"
}

from settings import filelist

...

{
    "switchall": "http://site.local/build/switch-all.bat",
    "build": "http://site.local/build/build.xml"
}

import json

try:
    settings = json.load(open("settings.json"))
except:
   КАРАУЛ!!!

filelist_filename = "filelist.json"
        try:
            filelist = json.load(open(filelist_filename))
        except:
            print "ERROR OPENING JSON!"
        for k, v in filelist:
            #for i in range(len(v)):
                print "%s=%s" % (k, v[0]) #len(v)

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "get.py", line 94, in main
    for k, v in filelist:
ValueError: too many values to unpack

        filelist_filename = "filelist.json"
        try:
            filelist = json.load(open(filelist_filename))
        except:
            print "ERROR OPENING JSON!"
            sys.exit(1) # иначе продолжаем программу без филелиста.

        for key in filelist:
                print filelist[key] # А чего вы добивались помещая имена в список из одного элемента, я не понимаю.