Environment Variables

Variable	Purpose
LLM_API_KEY	API key for the OpenAI-compatible chat provider
LLM_BASE_URL	Chat provider base URL, usually ending in /v1
LLM_MODEL	Chat model identifier
EMBEDDING_API_KEY	Optional separate key for embedding provider
EMBEDDING_BASE_URL	Optional separate embedding provider base URL
EMBEDDING_MODEL	Text embedding model used for Qdrant vectors
DATABASE_URL	PostgreSQL connection string
QDRANT_URL	Qdrant vector database URL
REDIS_URL	Redis connection string
FRED_API_KEY	Optional key for live FRED macro data
SEC_USER_AGENT	Required identifiable user agent for live SEC requests

Notes

• Do not commit .env
• Qdrant requires a text embedding model, not a reranker
• FRED has sample fallback for local demo
• SEC live ingestion should always use a real user agent