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Environment Variables

Environment variables override stored configuration values.

Authentication & API

VariableDescriptionDefault
PRETORIN_API_KEYAPI key for platform access. Overrides api_key in config file.—
PRETORIN_PLATFORM_API_BASE_URLPlatform REST API base URLhttps://platform.pretorin.com/api/v1/public
PRETORIN_API_BASE_URLBackward-compatible alias for PRETORIN_PLATFORM_API_BASE_URL—
PRETORIN_MODEL_API_BASE_URLModel API URL for agent runtimehttps://platform.pretorin.com/v1

Agent Runtime

VariableDescriptionDefault
OPENAI_API_KEYModel key override for agent runtime. Takes precedence over stored Pretorin login key.—

Behavior

VariableDescriptionDefault
PRETORIN_DISABLE_UPDATE_CHECKSet to 1 to disable passive update notifications—
PRETORIN_LOG_LEVELLogging level (DEBUG, INFO, WARNING, ERROR)WARNING

Precedence

For the API key:

  1. PRETORIN_API_KEY environment variable (highest)
  2. api_key in ~/.pretorin/config.json

For the model key (agent runtime):

  1. OPENAI_API_KEY environment variable (highest)
  2. config.api_key (from pretorin login)
  3. config.openai_api_key

CI/CD Example

export PRETORIN_API_KEY=pretorin_your_key_here
export PRETORIN_DISABLE_UPDATE_CHECK=1

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